BOLTANSKI Christian (Paris 1944 - 2021)
Geneva, Adelina Cuberyan, [printed by: Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero S.A. Lugano], 1975, 15 × 22,5 cm, softcover, pp. [24], typographic cover and 10 black-and-white photographic portraits of the artist dressed as a ventriloquistt, engaged in dialogue with a stuffed toy: a representation of his own childish ego. Each image is accompanied by a title and a caption evoking his parents. Artists' book published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain in Geneva in 1975.
[Bibliography: Calle 2008: pp. 44-45; Flay 1992: pp. 120-121].
"Like a ventriloquist the artist divides himself in two and speaks with his «alter ego» and double, a doll called «the little Christian»." (Jennifer Flay)
BOLTANSKI Christian (Paris 1944 - 2021)
Geneva, Adelina Cuberyan, [printed by: Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero S.A. Lugano], 1975, 15 × 22,5 cm, softcover, pp. [24], typographic cover and 10 black-and-white photographic portraits of the artist dressed as a ventriloquistt, engaged in dialogue with a stuffed toy: a representation of his own childish ego. Each image is accompanied by a title and a caption evoking his parents. Artists' book published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain in Geneva in 1975.
[Bibliography: Calle 2008: pp. 44-45; Flay 1992: pp. 120-121].
"Like a ventriloquist the artist divides himself in two and speaks with his «alter ego» and double, a doll called «the little Christian»." (Jennifer Flay)
