IN DELUXE LEATHER SPINE SLIPCASE CLAMSHELL BOX SLEEVE
Product description
One of the most charming and beloved of the surrealists, René
Magritte took a light, witty paintbrush and created a world both
familiar and not--but always recognizable in our dreams.
His plays on
semiotics, identity, the idea of woman, the possibilities inherent in
objects, and the idea that everything was not necessarily what it
seemed--or what it was supposed to be--are celebrated here in an
exceptionally charming limited edition.
The Blue Box
is done up like a handsome book, complete with a leather-bound spine
and a bas-relief frontispiece that plays the painting-of-a
window-within-a-window trick.
Inside is a stash of goodies, each
arranged in a separate portfolio.
The first contains three original
etchings by Magritte, numbered and signed and stamped by the Magritte
estate; next is a five-piece full-size reproduction on canvas of The Eternally Obvious, a woman split into as many parts; and last are eight reproductions each of the gouaches The Pig's Beer and Horse Preserve,
printed on adhesive paper and meant to be stuck on to bottles just like
the originals were.
Also included is the hardback edition of Magritte,
the catalogue for the Jeu de Paume exhibit (published by D.A.P. in
spring 2003).
Edited by Daniel Abadie.~Essays by Renilde Hammacher,
Michel Butor, Patrick Roegiers, Jean Roudaut, Bernard Noël and
Jean-Michel Goutier.
Slipcased, 12 x 14.5 in./304 pgs / 291 color 70 BW0
duotone 12 3 B&W etchings, 5 canvas, 4 adhesive color prints.Product details
- Publisher
:
LUDION.; de Luxe ed. edition (August 1, 2003)
- Language
:
English
- Hardcover
:
304 pages
- ISBN-10
:
9055444405
- ISBN-13
:
978-9055444403
- Item Weight
:
11.1 pounds
- Dimensions
:
13 x 4 x 14.5 inches
Catalog
produced in conjunction with the exhibition of Rene Magritte
(1898-1967) held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris,
France in 2003. This catalogue was produced in a limited edition of
1,000 copies. The cover features a three-dimensional rendering of
Magritte's door, three etchings, stickers, and other items. Magritte
(1898-1967), a Belgian painter who occupied a unique place in the
Surrealist movement that pioneered the world of dreams and imagination.
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