
PLAN VERT. La porte est ouverte (GREEN PLAN. The Door is Open) (V. 36)
Marcel Broodthaers's "PLAN VERT. La porte est ouverte" exemplifies the Belgian artist's conceptual practice of combining language, image, and institutional critique through printed matter. This work, numbered as part of a limited edition of fifty, demonstrates Broodthaers's engagement with the materiality of the book and exhibition as artistic mediums, themes he explored throughout his career in response to modernism and the museum's role in art discourse. The bilingual title and modest presentation reflect his interest in how meaning is constructed through text and context rather than through traditional visual representation.
- Medium
- Signed with initials, titled and numbered 9/50 in black ink on the back cover, published by Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 23, 2025
Lot 91
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