Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys
= One of 35 Roman numb. copies for the artists and collaborators. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys.
- Endpapers and first and last leaf trifle foxed. Front- and backcover trifle yellowed and w. some foxed spots. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Number 22 of a series of 25 marked "A" on "imit. bøttepapir". This text on aesthetics ('Risk and Change') was written by Asger Jorn during his hospitalization with tuberculosis in Silkeborg Sanatorium. He printed the book on the small handpress of the Sanatorium in cooperation with the institute's typographer Johs. Gregersen, thus explaining the typographical irregularities ("håndtrykt på en korrekturpresse, hvilken udførelse forklarer de mange unreglmaessigheder" [colophon]). Although the colophon states that 109 copies were printed, in reality only 20 or 30 copies were produced. Extremely rare. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium.
- Bookblock sl. loosening. One of 2 binding threads broken; covers trifle yellowed.
= This copy SIGNED in pencil by both authors. Monod 3532; G. Berréby, Textes et documents situationnistes, 1957-1960, p.96: "La collaboration de Guy Debord à Fin de Copenhague, petit livre spontané fait en vingt-quatre heures, a été plutôt remarquée: les effets s'en sont répandus avec une étonnante vitesse, en quelques mois, parmi les spécialistes du livre d'art et de la typographie, en Amérique et en Europe. Ce rayonnement d'influence n'a pas cessé de s'enchaîner depuis". Revolutionary collaboration between the most important founders of the Situationist International. The cover, made from the printing plates of a Danish newspaper, is slightly different for each copy. The title can be understood as the end of Cobra, the movement with which Jorn had just broken. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys.
- Fine.
= One of 20 Roman numb. copies. Rarely seen on the market. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium.
- Small portion of sandpaper loose on fold of outer margin; nevertheless fine.
= The book is most famous for its sandpaper dustwrapper. Debord and Jorn wanted to use a material that would give away whether or not the reader held the book in his hands by leaving scratches. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. With a light brown envelope with in ms. on front: "Asger Jorn. Guy Debord - Mémoires" in Constant's hand, "L'Anti Légende du Siècle" in unidentified hand and "Pour constant, qui s'y retrouvera. Jean-Clarence [Lambert]" (all in pen and black or blue ink).
- Fine.
= Very rare founding text of the Situationist International. "(...) ne saurait être en aucun cas mis en vente." Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys.
= One of 35 Roman numb. copies for the artists and collaborators. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys.
- Print by Cassee w. fold in blank margin. Portfolio partly sunned.
= One of 35 Roman numb. copies for the artists and collaborators. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
= Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
= One of 15 Roman numb. copies. Provenance: the estate of Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.




















































