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TPL (Tombeau de Pierre Larousse)
TPL (Tombeau de Pierre Larousse)

TPL (Tombeau de Pierre Larousse)

Wolf Vostell (German, 1932–1998)
François Dufrêne (French, 1930–1982)
Alain Jouffroy (French, born in 1928)
1961
Medium/TechniqueArtist's book with twenty-three full-page serigraphs (reproductions of found décollages, or torn posters) and text designed by Vostell, 60pp., Japanese-bound.
DimensionsClosed: 29.4 x 30.6 x 1.5 cm (11 9/16 x 12 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Fund
Accession number2007.454
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
InscriptionsOn first blank leaf, author's dedication in pen and black ink: "Pour Werner Schreib/ Pour Werner CRi/ Pour Werner CRi écrit/ un nouveau-réaliste/ pourquoi pas pro-sémantique/ bien amicalement/ f dufrêne./ Paris, le 1er février 1962"; and to the left: "beirren rewchsr/ Nerreib Schwer" [anagrams of Werner Schreib]ProvenanceThis copy dedicated to German artist Werner Schreib (1925-1969), February 1962; Ars Libri, Ltd., Boston; from whom purchased by the MFA, 27 June 2007