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Marcel Broodthaers — A Voyage on the North Sea
Marcel Broodthaers

A Voyage on the North Sea

A Voyage on the North Sea is a seminal artist's book by Belgian conceptual artist Marcel Broodthaers, blending photography and text to explore themes of nautical imagery, artistic mythology, and the nature of representation. The work juxtaposes reproductions of a 19th-century amateur painting of a sailing boat with cinematic stills, creating a layered dialogue between image and meaning. This rare signed and numbered edition (99/100), published by Petersburg Press, London, represents one of Broodthaers' most celebrated contributions to the artist's book as an art form.

Medium
signed with initials and numbered 99/100 on p.37 in black ink (there were also 1,000 unsigned copies without the film), published by Petersburg Press, London, in very good condition (another example illustrated).

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Evening & Day Editions

December 12, 2013

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Marcel Broodthaers, A Voyage on the North Sea

A Voyage on the North Sea is a seminal artist's book by Belgian conceptual artist Marcel Broodthaers, blending photography and text to explore themes of nautical imagery, artistic mythology, and the nature of representation. The work juxtaposes reproductions of a 19th-century amateur painting of a sailing boat with cinematic stills, creating a layered dialogue between image and meaning. This rare signed and numbered edition (99/100), published by Petersburg Press, London, represents one of Broodthaers' most celebrated contributions to the artist's book as an art form.

Medium
signed with initials and numbered 99/100 on p.37 in black ink (there were also 1,000 unsigned copies without the film), published by Petersburg Press, London, in very good condition (another example illustrated).
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Fluxus Adjacent, 20th Century, Limited Edition Print, Avant-Garde Pioneer, Nautical Subject, Belgian Artist, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Artist Book, Black and White

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