Publisher:
Helsinki Festival / Kunsthalle Helsinki
Published:
1998
Alibris ID:
9272018329
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gray and red on cover. Installation "Dernières Années" by Christian Boltanski. Foreword (in Finnish, Swedish and English) by Risto Niemenen. Essay (in Finnish, Swedish and English) by Michael Glasmeier. Interview with Boltanski (in Finnish, Swedish and English) by Jan Kaila. Includes a biography and exhibition history. 88 pp., with 19 tritone plates beautifully printed as full-bleed two-page spreads by Erikoispaino, Helsinki. 13-1/8 x 10 inches. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Christian Boltanski: Night in August, " 22 August--4 October, 1998, at the Helsinki Festival. Fine. Christian Boltanski changed everything for a period of time in the 1970s and 1980s. That he continues to contribute meaningfully to the dialogue surrounding accumulation, archives, and loss is somewhat remarkable. His assembled collections, not quite typologies, demonstrate a humility and sensitivity to the suffering of, for instance, Jewish people devastated by the holocaust. He created shrines of remembrance, tacit souvenirs, where in their wake were only numbing statistics. Although Boltanski never really addresses the issue of anti-Semitism directly--it is always oblique and general in interviews--his work assumes a collective responsibility for some of history's greatest atrocities.
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(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI: GEO HARLY DANSEUR PARODISTE. Dijon, FRANCE: Art & Art, 1988. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (24pp), 9 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. Limited to three hundred copies only, this charming artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents nine sepia-toned portraits of the title's protagonist Georges Harly found in a cigar box. A handsome example of entry number sixty-five in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue-Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" showing some slight sunning along the length of the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value-we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 017920.
Publisher:
Trustees of the Whitechapel Art Gallery
Published:
1990
Alibris ID:
10520150229
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Heavy brown cardboard box with title printed in black on label pasted to lid, containing 18 items as listed below. Box measures 12-3/8 x 10-3/8 x 1-3/8 inches. Published on the occasion of the 1990 exhibition "Christian Boltanski: Reconstitution, " at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and at The Musee de Grenoble. Fine (box is slightly splayed; all contents Fine). Three soft cover catalogues: [1] "Christian Boltanski: Reconstitution" exhibition catalogue, with essay by Lynn Gumpert, 40 pp., with numerous color and black and white illustrations, 12 x 9-5/8 inches; [2] "Christian Boltanski 1944-90" catalogue of works, exhibitions and bibliography, 36 pp., with numerous black and white illustrations, 12 x 9-3/4 inches; [3] "Christian Boltanski: an Interview with Georgia Marsh, " 48 pp., with five black and white illustrations, 11-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Five reprints of soft cover artist's books: [4] "Reconstitution des gestes effectués par Christian Boltanski entre 1948 et 1954, " 28 pp., with 7 black and white plates, 8-1/8 x 5-1/4 inches; [5] "10 Portraits photographiques de Christian Boltanski 1946-1964, " 24 pp., with 10 black and white plates, 8-1/4 x 5-5/8 inches; [6] "Recherche et presentation de tout ce qui reste de mon enfance, " 16 pp., with 8 black and white plates, 8-5/8 x 6-1/8 inches; [7] "Inventaire des objets ayant appartenu a une femme des Bois-Colombes" 92 pp., with numerous black and white illustrations, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches; [8] "Saynetes Comiques" 32 pp., with 22 black and white illustrations, 8-1/4 x 11-5/8 inches. Two facsimile letters: [9] "lettre de demande d'aide"; [10] "Lettre aux conservateurs de Musee proposant le projet des inventaires." Photocopied flyer: [11] "Christian Boltanski a l'honneuer de vous faire ses offres de service, " Exhibition invitation: [12] "Dispersion a l'amiable". Two black and white photographic cards: [13] "Christian Boltanski a 5 ans 3 mois de distance"; [14] "Christian Boltanski et ses freres". Three color postcards: [15] "Image modèle (La régate), 1975; [16] "Composition decorative, " 1976; [17] "Affiche, " 1974. Color poster: [18] "L'Ange d'alliance, " 1986. Highlighting Boltanski's ongoing reconstruction of his identity, this poignant and informative collection is both a self-portrait and a biographical assemblage that speaks to the evasive natures of memory and memorial.
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New. 3775718257. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 156 pp. With 113 ills. (78 col. ). 29 x 23 cm. --with a bonus offer--