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Marcel Broodthaers — Le manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille (The Manuscript Found in a Bottle) (V. 20)
Marcel Broodthaers

Le manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille (The Manuscript Found in a Bottle) (V. 20)

This work by Marcel Broodthaers is a signed and numbered print from a limited edition of 120, produced by the Berlin publisher Edition René Block. The piece references Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story of the same title, continuing Broodthaers' conceptual engagement with literature and the materiality of language as artistic subjects. The delicate tissue paper support and modest inscription in blue ink exemplify the artist's understated approach to printmaking and his interest in questioning the boundaries between text, object, and artwork.

Medium
Signed with initials and numbered 30/120 in blue ink on the sheet of tissue paper, published by Edition René Block, Berlin.

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January 23, 2025

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Marcel Broodthaers, Le manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille (The Manuscript Found in a Bottle) (V. 20)

This work by Marcel Broodthaers is a signed and numbered print from a limited edition of 120, produced by the Berlin publisher Edition René Block. The piece references Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story of the same title, continuing Broodthaers' conceptual engagement with literature and the materiality of language as artistic subjects. The delicate tissue paper support and modest inscription in blue ink exemplify the artist's understated approach to printmaking and his interest in questioning the boundaries between text, object, and artwork.

Medium
Signed with initials and numbered 30/120 in blue ink on the sheet of tissue paper, published by Edition René Block, Berlin.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Belgian Artist, Installation, Mysterious and introspective, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Postmodern, Narrative and storytelling, Literature and text, Found Objects

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