- Trifle yellowed. = Kersten 176. Rare.
- Portfolio rubbed/ worn along boardedges; cloth torn at spine-ends; lower flap dam.
- Scratch and dam. surface spot in right margin.
- Folded in eight, but fine. = Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
- Formerly folded.
= "This is to certify that Marcel Broodthaers has been signed by my hand and therefore is to be considered as an authentic work of art for all intents and purposes as of the date below." Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VI.
- Tiny tear in upper blank margin.
AND 2 others similar: "A,B,C, Paysage d'Automne par Marcel Broodthaers" (invitation card, Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, 1973) and "Réclame pour la mer du nord" (invitation/ flyer, Édition Seriaal, 1974).
= Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
= Informing that the collection of objects presented at Burgplatz 12 in Düsseldorf in the "Départment des Aigles, (section cinéma) is on sale through the Wide White Space Gallery. "Catalogue spécial sur demande".
AND 4 others similar, all by the Wide White Space Gallery: "Figures anciennes et modernes" (1971, printed in black and red, recto only); "Édition Le Corbeau et le Renard (1967-1972)" (1972, fold. invitation card, printed in black and red. A few pinholes); "(...) présentera au Bailli quelques pièces anciennes et des éditions récentes" (1974, invitation card, printed in black on recto only); "Ne dites pas que je ne l'ai pas dit/ Zeg niet dat ik het niet gezegd heb" (1974, invitation card, printed in black and red on recto only).
= Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
- Both formerly folded and trifle creased in right margin.
= Two open letters from a series that Marcel Broodthaers published from 1968 to 1972 in a small edition and that were sent to people in the art-world to promote his conceptual art project, the initially fictitious Musée d'Art Moderne, a comment on the (social) context of art. Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
- Formerly folded.
= Listing 5 (unrelated) points, i.a. "1. Conceptual artists are more rationalists rather than mystics... etc.../ 2. Comme je tiens à défendre un sens de la réalité plutôt que la théorie et la rêve.../ (...) 5. Qu'est-ce qu'un artiste étranger? (...)". Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VI.
= SIGNED by the editor/ author on both text pages. Besides the etching by Brunovsky, signed etchings by seven other artists: Peter AUGUSTOVIC, Igor BENCA, Róbert BRUN, Karol FELIX, Róbert JANCOVIC, Dusan KÁLLAY and Karol ONDREICKA, all numbered "41/100". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.
= According to the publisher (cf. hundertmarkgallery.com, edition box no.39), one of 30 copies, each with different drawings. With a loosely inserted fold. silkscreen "O wunder wunder schöne Sonne Edition Hundertmark 1-4." (4x signed in pencil "Brus 78"). This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.
- Sl. yellowed along folds and on outside margins; some vague (handling) creases. Without the invitations for 1969 (printed in green) and 1974 (in brown).
= Invitations/ posters designed by Van Buren for a series of 5 exhibitons in the Wide White Space Gallery, each with a uniform design of coloured stripes. From the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.
- All but one rolled.