3524 - 4650 FINE ARTS - MODERN ART. PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS
= Provenance: the collection of G. Hofland.
= With crossed out earlier versions of the title on verso, i.a. "vertikaal zwart". Provenance: the collection of G. Hofland. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.
= From the collection of G. Hofland.
WITH a large gelatin silverprint showing the artist in his atelier.
= Probably painted over an earlier ink drawing (slightly shining through), with an earlier annotation and date by the artist on verso: "1.12.53-4" and "cat. 3232" in black chalk. From the collection of G. Hofland.
= Provenance: the collection of G. Hofland.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
- Laid down on modern mount/ passepartout. = Provenance: the collection of G. Hofland.
= Frontispiece from the portfolio P.P. ROUX, Août (Paris, 1958). Vallier 135, printed in 140 copies.
= Kersten 206.
Idem. Ossekoppen. Copperengraving, 21,6x27,4 cm., signed "Kuno Brinks" in pencil, monogrammed and "39" in the plate.
= Kersten 89 and p.44-45.
- Both formerly folded and trifle creased in right margin.
= Two open letters from a series that Marcel Broodthaers published from 1968 to 1972 in a small edition and that were sent to people in the artworld to promote his conceptual art project, the initially fictitious Musée d'Art Moderne, a comment on the (social) context of art. Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
- Formerly folded.
= Listing 5 (unrelated) points, i.a. "1. Conceptual artists are more rationalists rather than mystics... etc.../ 2. Comme je tiens à défendre un sens de la réalité plutôt que la théorie et la rêve.../ (...) 5. Qu'est-ce qu'un artiste étranger? (...)". Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
= Barthel 15, the fourth state (of 5).
AND 2 other etchings by the same: Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt and La Relêve (2e planche) (Barthel 187 and 403).
= Geffroy/ Boutitie 240.
= Geffroy/ Boutitie 184.
AND 1 other drypoint by the same: l'Aveugle (Joueur d'orgue) (Geffroy/ Boutitie 80).
= Geffroy/ Boutitie 13.
AND 1 other etching by the same: Vieille maison à Audemps (signed "A. Brouet" and "17/50" in pencil) (Geffroy/ Boutitie 22).