LE GAC - Unoriginal Sins

03 Oct ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER FOR 10 PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI 1946 – 1964. 1972.

Posted at 08:52h in LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS

Paris: Multiplicata, n.d. (1972)
30 x 21cm, 1pp. Original vintage xerox with a text announcing two books - one by Boltanski "10 PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI 1946 - 1964" and the other by Jean Le Gac "LE DECOR".
The letter announces they can supply signed examples of the book for 80Fr. Folded as issued for mailing else VG+.
JOINT:
Original mailing envelope franked 3-10-72 hand addressed by Boltanski to M. Berg.

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19 May FAC-SIMILES DOCUMENTS ORIGINAUX ECRITS. 1972. WITH JOINT IMPORTANT ARTIST’S STATEMENT.

Posted at 19:06h in EPHEMERA

Fontainebleau: Musee Municipal Du Costume Militaire, 1972
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a joint show with Jean Le Gac.
On the reverse is an important joint text by the artists which stresses the reasons why they were exhibiting in such a historic museum:

Our work is an attempt to find in the present the means to transmit and preserve the experience that we have of artistic activity: an intellectual journey, marked out by relics (photos, objects, fragments of texts ...

10 Feb LE COIN DE L’OEIL DU PASSANT. 1966. ONE OF LE GAC’S FIRST EVER SOLO SHOWS WITH BOLTANSKI’S INSTALLATION NOTES.

Posted at 10:13h in EARLY GALLERY ACTIVITY - 1968

Paris: Gallery du Tournesol, 1966
8 x 18cm, 12pp (but opens out to 16 x 54cm, printed recto only). Announcement leaflet for a very early Jean Le Gac show at Boltanski's gallery where he showed mostly paintings. VG+. Very scarce.
JOINT WITH:
15 x 21cm, 2pp hand written note and diagrams which appears to have notes about the installation of the show by Boltanski.

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