Lot 1054

DANIEL BUREN (°1938)

'Passage. Essai sur la couleur' (1972). Artist book. Macerata, Artestudio, 1972. 7 vol. large in-fol. One of 110 copies. 7 volumes, soft bound, in a white card stock slipcase. Each volume is composed of plates printed offset with stripes of the same color, on one side. The same color for each volume, printed deeper and deeper, plate after plate. Vol. I: Blue: 32 plates, Vol. II: Yellow: 39 plates, Vol. III: Black: 25 plates, Vol. IV: Orange: 29 plates, Vol. V: Red: 26 plates, Vol. VI: Green: 31 plates, Vol. VII: Violet: 33 plates. In orig. box. 'It is quite possibly one of the most important books to come out of the history of conceptual art.'

Dimensions: 520 x 520 mm ( x 7)

Estimate: € 7000 - 9000

Hammer price: € 6500

Lit.: Moma, n° 388.1974. A-G/ A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More. The Collection and Archives of Herman and Nicole Daled 1966 - 1978. München/ Köln, Haus der Kunst/ Walther König, 2010. P. 269/ Printed Matter nr. 102.

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