BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN.
Essais de reconstitution dobjets ayant appartenu à Christian Boltanski entre 1948 et 1954. 23 mars 1971.
Paris (Galerie Sonnabend): 1971
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(8)pp. 4 halftone photographs. Printed self-wraps., stapled as issued. First edition. This early artists book by Boltanski is in fact a catalogue raisonné of his early works, listing 45 items. This is the original, not to be confused with the reprint edition. Small stains on the front cover.
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Die Brücke im Dschungel.
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HARM HERMANN HOFFMANN: Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Dec. 1974.
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Die Geschichte mit der Ratte. Mit 10 signierten Radierungen von Uwe Kirsch.
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Die Geschichte mit der Ratte. Mit 10 signierten Radierungen von Uwe Kirsch.
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