Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
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Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)

Chère petite sœur (Dear Little Sister)

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Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
Chère petite sœur (Dear Little Sister)
signed with artist's initials, titled, numbered and dated '5-5-72 Ed. 1/100 M.B.' (lower right);
inscribed 'cherie petite sœur, (...) etait de la mere pendant de la tempete' (above and below the image)
offset lithograph
24 ¾ x 17 1/3in. (63 x 44cm.)
Executed in 1972, this work is number one from an edition of one hundred
Provenance
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Galerie Jos Jamar (ed.), Marcel Broodthaers: Het Volledig Grafisch Werk en de Boeken, Knokke-Duinbergen 1989, no. 10 (another from the edition, illustrated in colour p. 31).
N. Nobis, W. Meyer (eds.), Marcel Broodthaers: Katalog der Editionen Graphik und Bücher, Ostfildern-Ruit 1996, no. 10 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 31).
Exhibited
Edinburgh, New 57 Gallery, Marcel Broodthaers Books Editions Films, 1977, no. 10 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, unpaged).
Barcelona, Fundacio Antoni Tàpies, Marcel Broodthaers Cinema, 1997 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 206).
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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