La Souris Ecrit Rat (A Compte d'Auteur) (The Mouse Writes Rat (At the Author's Expense)) (the Black Variant)
Details
Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
La Souris Ecrit Rat (A Compte d'Auteur) (The Mouse Writes Rat (At the Author's Expense)) (the Black Variant)
signed with the artist's initials, inscribed, numbered and dated 'a compte d'auteur 57/150 M.B. 74.' (lower right)
offset lithograph on paper with handcoloured whiskers
73.5 x 54cm.
Executed in 1974, this work is number fifty-seven from an edition of one hundred-fifty, published by Marcel Broodthaers et la Société des Expositions, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
La Souris Ecrit Rat (A Compte d'Auteur) (The Mouse Writes Rat (At the Author's Expense)) (the Black Variant)
signed with the artist's initials, inscribed, numbered and dated 'a compte d'auteur 57/150 M.B. 74.' (lower right)
offset lithograph on paper with handcoloured whiskers
73.5 x 54cm.
Executed in 1974, this work is number fifty-seven from an edition of one hundred-fifty, published by Marcel Broodthaers et la Société des Expositions, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Literature
Marcel Broodthaers, exh. cat., Munich, Kunstraum München, 1992 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 9).
M.C. Nuyens, Het Volledig Grafisch Werk en de Boeken, Antwerp 2000, no. 20, p. 61 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 60).
F. Lubbers, A. Hakkens and M. Gilissen (eds.), Marcel Broodthaers: Projections, Brussels 1994 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 112).
Marcel Broodthaers. Catalogue of the Editions. Prints and Books, Hannover 1996, no. 21, p. 44 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 45).
M.C. Nuyens, Het Volledig Grafisch Werk en de Boeken, Antwerp 2000, no. 20, p. 61 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 60).
F. Lubbers, A. Hakkens and M. Gilissen (eds.), Marcel Broodthaers: Projections, Brussels 1994 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 112).
Marcel Broodthaers. Catalogue of the Editions. Prints and Books, Hannover 1996, no. 21, p. 44 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 45).
Exhibited
Herford, Marta Herford, Ich Weiß Gar Nicht, Was Kunst Ist. Einblicke in eine Private Sammlung, 2010 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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