PIERRE CORDIER (BELGIAN B. 1933)

'CHIMIGRAMME', 1970

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PIERRE CORDIER (BELGIAN B. 1933)
'CHIMIGRAMME', 1970
CIBACHROME COLOUR COPY PRINT OF A CHEMIGRAM, 16 X 11 IN., TITLED, DATED AND SIGNED IN MARGIN OF ORIGINAL PRINT, INSCRIBED AND NUMBERED CIBACHROME 2/12 IN INK IN MARGIN, MATTED.

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THE CHEMIGRAM (CHIMIGRAMME) WAS INVENTED ON 10 NOVEMBER 1956 BY BELGIAN PIERRE CORDIER. IT IS A PROCESS IN WHICH COLOURFUL EFFECTS ARE OBTAINED THROUGH THE DIRECT ACTION OF LIGHT AND CHEMICALS ON PHOTO-SENSITIVE PAPER WITHOUT THE USE OF A CAMERA OR THE INTERMEDIATE CREATION OF A NEGATIVE. IT IS NOT UNLIKE A PHOTOGRAM IN WHICH EACH ORIGINAL IS THEREFORE UNIQUE AND IN ORDER TO PRODUCE MULTIPLES, COPIES HAVE TO BE MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL PRINT. AN EXHIBITION OF CORDIER'S WORK TOOK PLACE AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK IN 1967.

SEE ALSO LOT 288.

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