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Marcel Broodthaers — Autour de la Signature (Poeme-Poeme)
Marcel Broodthaers

Autour de la Signature (Poeme-Poeme)

A sheet of paper bears clusters of handwritten marks and notations in pencil and pen, arranged in a deliberate yet seemingly fragmented composition. Broodthaers plays with the act of signing and authorship, scattering signature-like gestures and repeated words across the surface to question the meaning and authority of the artist's mark. The work hovers between poetry and visual art, collapsing language into image and challenging the boundaries of both.

Medium
pencil and pen on paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

June 28, 2013

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Marcel Broodthaers, Autour de la Signature (Poeme-Poeme)

A sheet of paper bears clusters of handwritten marks and notations in pencil and pen, arranged in a deliberate yet seemingly fragmented composition. Broodthaers plays with the act of signing and authorship, scattering signature-like gestures and repeated words across the surface to question the meaning and authority of the artist's mark. The work hovers between poetry and visual art, collapsing language into image and challenging the boundaries of both.

Medium
pencil and pen on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Poetry, Pencil And Pen, 20th Century, Belgian Artist, Male Artist, Intellectual Tone, Conceptual Art, Works on Paper, Monochromatic, Intimate Scale, Fluxus, Text As Art

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