White Shadows
White Shadows
Artist
Christian Boltanski
(French, 1944 - 2021)
Publisher
Bayou Books/CAM
Date1991
DimensionsBox: H: 8 in. (20.3 cm); W: 6 1/4 (15.9 cm); Depth: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumPhotomechanical reproductions
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Marilyn Symmes
Object number
2015.43**
Not on View
DescriptionTan paper-covered box containing accordion fold book of photomechanical reproductions
Tan paper-covered box containing accordion fold book of photomechanical reproductions. 1/500 unnumbered. Octavo box (8 x 61/4 x 1 inches). Original tan paper-covered box with black and tan reverse lettering on cover. Fifth title in a series published by Bayou Books and commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, featuring accordion fold book of "skeletel figures'; unsigned. Purchased in present condition, with card stock sheet biography of artist and colophon missing, by Ms. Symmes.
Imagery is related to Boltanski's early 1980s work when he produced, "mysterious environment of silhouettes in movement".
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