Collection of six letters from Asger Jorn to Edouard Jaguer and nine black-and-white photographs. Letters discuss the avant-garde art movements COBRA and the Internationale des Artistes Expérimentaux, artists affiliated with these groups, including Pierre Alechinsky, Corneille, and Christian Dotremont, and other topics. Two letters accompanied by manuscripts on the "Programme de l'organisation IAE" and "Au sujet des qualités artiste...". Six photographs record a 1953 visit by Jaguer to Jorn's studio in Silkeborg, Denmark. In addition, there is a photograph by Lars Bay of a ceramic plate made by Jorn and Jaguer, "La sirène du nord," in the Silkeborg kunstmuseum.
Description:
Asger Jorn (1914-1973), Danish artist. and Purchased from Jan Ceuleers on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Alechinsky, Pierre, 1927-, Bay, Lars, Cobra (Association), Corneille, 1922-2010, Dotremont, Christian, 1922-1979, Internationale des artistes expérimentaux, Jaguer, Edouard, 1924-2006, Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973, and Silkeborg kunstmuseum
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Arts, Modern--20th century, and Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Europe
Animation-recherche-confrontation (Museum) Gaudibert, Pierre Moch, Michel
Published / Created:
[1968?]
Call Number:
2010 +480 2
Container / Volume:
Folder 14
Image Count:
13
Abstract:
Accompanied by exhibition poster (70 x 45 cm, folded to 18 x 23 cm); "Grille d'analyse d'un produit industriel sous le rapport de l'usage qui en est fait de sa fabrication et ses caracteristiques commerciales" (5 leaves) and 97 photographs of the exhibition (from 13 x 18 cm to 18 x 24 cm). No. 14 of 14 folders in box 2 of the Utopie/Aérolande Collection.
Alternative Title:
Structures gonflables and Utopie.
Description:
"Exposition réalisée par 'Utopie'"--T.p. verso., At head of title: Utopie: revue de sociologie de l'urbain., Catalog of an exhibition held March 1968., Essai sur technique et société / Isabelle Auricoste & Hubert Tonka -- Considérations inactuelles sur le gonflable / Claude et Léon Gaignebet -- Particularité des structures gonflables / Jean Aubert -- Structures gonflables : nomenclature des objets exposés., Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103)., and Présentation (p. 5-[6]) signed: Pierre Gaudibert, Conservateur adjoint.
Publisher:
Animation recherche confrontation, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris,
Subject (Topic):
Air-supported structures--Exhibitions, Art, French--20th century--Exhibitions, and Minimal art--France--Paris--Exhibitions