Marcel Broodthaers / Magie. Art et Politique
BROODTHAERS Marcel (Saint-Gilles, Belgio 1924 - Colonia 1976),
Paris, Multiplicata, [stampa: Imprimé en France], 1973 (3 fFebruary), 21x15 cm., paperback, pp. 24, cover with titles framed in black and red on a beige background, 14 reproductions in black and white (autograph letters, a newspaper page, a magic blackboard). German and English translations by Hans Schuldt. Artist’s book. Single edition of 400 copies all signed in pen by the artist with a monogram in red or blue. First edition.
[Bibliography: Werner 1982: n. 13 pag. 38].
BROODTHAERS Marcel (Saint-Gilles, Belgio 1924 - Colonia 1976),
Paris, Multiplicata, [stampa: Imprimé en France], 1973 (3 fFebruary), 21x15 cm., paperback, pp. 24, cover with titles framed in black and red on a beige background, 14 reproductions in black and white (autograph letters, a newspaper page, a magic blackboard). German and English translations by Hans Schuldt. Artist’s book. Single edition of 400 copies all signed in pen by the artist with a monogram in red or blue. First edition.
[Bibliography: Werner 1982: n. 13 pag. 38].
BROODTHAERS Marcel (Saint-Gilles, Belgio 1924 - Colonia 1976),
Paris, Multiplicata, [stampa: Imprimé en France], 1973 (3 fFebruary), 21x15 cm., paperback, pp. 24, cover with titles framed in black and red on a beige background, 14 reproductions in black and white (autograph letters, a newspaper page, a magic blackboard). German and English translations by Hans Schuldt. Artist’s book. Single edition of 400 copies all signed in pen by the artist with a monogram in red or blue. First edition.
[Bibliography: Werner 1982: n. 13 pag. 38].
“J’avais primitivement choisi un autre titre pour «Magie». C’était «Fume, c’est du belge». Cette expression pouvait viser un chauvinisme belge ou français et déranger de chères habitudes. Elle est difficilement traduisible en allemand et en anglais sans une trop longue explication”. Un’altra nota, a pag. 15, precisa: “La lettre à J. Beuys a été écrite le 25 septembre 1972, puis photocopiée et diffuséè quelques jours plus tard. Le present opuscule est edité le 3 février 1973”. (note by Broodthaers on the back cover)
