Lot Essay
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Details
Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
Le Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille (J. 19)
the multiple, 1974, a transparent Bordeaux-wine bottle, The Manuscript./1833 printed in black, wrapped in a sheet of cream tissue paper, with a printed text in three languages (English, French, German, the last line partly crossed out in pen and blue ink) and numbered 15/120, in a cardboard box, with printed title, each side in a different language, published by René Block, Berlin, 1974, the sheet of wrapping tissue creased and torn, the box with minor surface dirt
Height bottle 302 mm.; Box 303 x 78 x 78 mm.; Sheet 495 x 365 mm.
Le Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille (J. 19)
the multiple, 1974, a transparent Bordeaux-wine bottle, The Manuscript./1833 printed in black, wrapped in a sheet of cream tissue paper, with a printed text in three languages (English, French, German, the last line partly crossed out in pen and blue ink) and numbered 15/120, in a cardboard box, with printed title, each side in a different language, published by René Block, Berlin, 1974, the sheet of wrapping tissue creased and torn, the box with minor surface dirt
Height bottle 302 mm.; Box 303 x 78 x 78 mm.; Sheet 495 x 365 mm.
Provenance
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels