Marcel Broodthaers
La Conquête de l'espace, (The conquest of space), Atlas, 1975
3776-PR
19 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (49 x 63 cm)
Lithograph in black ink; untrimmed sheet of the pages of a posthumously published miniature book by the artist called "The Conquest of Space: Atlas for the Use of Artists and the Military". From the edition of only 50 copies. HC copy no. VII with Estate stamp on back. Published by Lebeer Hossmann Éditeurs, Brussels and Hamburg
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Marcel Broodthaers
La Conquête de l'espace, Atlas à l’usage des artistes et des militaires, (The conquest of space, atlas for the use of artists and the military), 1975
6343-BK
1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.8 x 2.5 cm)
38 pages in slipcase, offset lithograph, containing silhouettes of a selection of 32 countries of the world shrunk to the same scale as Belgium, with no difference in size, arranged alphabetically. Published by Edition Lebeer Hossmann, Brussels and Hamburg. A tiny and most rare important final artist's book by Broodthaers that plays on language, scale, and function—it is transportable, but useless. This book was published shortly before the artist's unexpected death in 1976 thus all copies remain unsigned and are stamped “Estate M Broodthaers” and numbered by the publisher. Number 17 of 50 copies.
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