Les petits moutons blancs qui sortent en rang du lavoir

Lithography,1976145 x 225 mm and 280 x 380 mm

FIRST EDITION
ONE OF 15 EX. ARCHES
with 16 signed lithographs

750 

1 in stock

Description

FIRST EDITION illustrated with 8 hors-texte lithographs by Pol Bury - Mao's gradual transformation into a potato.
ONE OF 15 COPIES ON ARCHES accompanied by two large-format suites (in black and two colours) - i.e. 16 lithographs signed in pencil by the artist.
(Total edition of 60 copies on Arches with various additions and 540 copies on ivory laid paper).

In the mid-1970s, could Mao bear comparison? Probably not with a man, or even an idea that "doesn't wear a jacket, the Mao collar could only be compared to itself, which would turn the demonstration into a fairground carousel".  The potato was an obvious choice for Pol Bury, and so he "decided to make the most of it".It's easy to say that Chairman Mao is not a potato. And yet... Both are alive, both have skin."

And if we think that Mao saved China from famine, it's not without recalling that " the potato saved France from the horrors of famine in 1793, 1816 and 1817". The result was a "sudden enthusiasm for eating Mao"and we slide "towards a gradual substitution of Mao for potatoes."

Rare.

The deluxe editions are preserved in two folders with titles on the boards.

 

Montpellier,fata morgana,1976.2 volsIn-12, Sheets,145 x 225 mm and 280 x 380 mm,49 [7] pp. .

Filled Arches paper cover printed in two colours on the first cover.
Publisher's flap folder, titled on the first cover. Prints protected in an identical large-format folder.

Bio

Pol Bury

(Haine-Saint-Pierre - La Louvière -Belgium: 26 April 1922 - 15th arrondissement of Paris: 27 September 2005).
Painter and sculptor, regent of Cinématoglyphe at the Collège de Pataphysique.

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