1974
Edition Size: 120 + XXX
Sheet Size: 63.6 X 45.6 cm
Signed
Condition: Excellent
Sheet in 10 colour offset print on white paper and mounted on cardboard
Signed and numbered
Published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York
Printed by Hentrich, Berlin
Unframed
Literature:
Marcel Broodthaers: Het Volledig grafisch werk en de boeken, N° 22, ill.
This work belongs to the permanent collection of MoMa in New York
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Known for his humor and wit, Marcel Broodthaers began his career as poet, albeit an unsuccessful one. After two decades of poverty, Broodthaers decided to become an artist in 1963 seemingly for the purpose of making money. One of his first sculptures was to set 50 volumes of his book of poems, called Pense-Bete, in plaster. The work was symbolic because the volumes were unsold indicating his lack of success as a poet.
