{"title":"Camille Bryen","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"editions-brunidor-estampes-livres-illustres-paris-1973","title":"BUTOR, LAUDE, BRYEN, DOMELA, HÉLION, HÉROLD, MASSON — Estampes et livres illustrés des Éditions Brunidor. Paris, 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003e55 quai de Valmy, Paris, 24–25 November 1973. Original private exhibition invitation issued by Roberto and Maggy Altmann. Offset printing in pale grey and orange on white card stock, 13.5 × 10.5 cm. Unprinted verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very good. Light age toning, faint handling marks and minor corner and edge wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eÉditions Brunidor was founded in New York in 1947 by Robert Altmann. Its first portfolio brought together Matta, Wifredo Lam, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Stanley William Hayter, Kurt Seligmann and Joan Miró. By 1977, the Bibliothèque nationale recorded seven portfolios and twenty-five illustrated books, produced through collaboration between writers, artists, printers and publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe names printed here — Michel Butor, Jean Laude, Camille Bryen, César Domela, Jean Hélion, Jacques Hérold and André Masson — trace that movement between writing, printmaking and the book. Four years earlier, Brunidor’s publications had been presented by the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in \u003cem\u003eLe Livre comme œuvre d’art\u003c\/em\u003e, installed on a structure designed by Ricardo Porro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invitation returns the publishing programme to a private address. The artists and writers are reduced to surnames; the sender remains an empty line beneath \u003cem\u003einvitation personnelle de la part de\u003c\/em\u003e. The object was completed through circulation: a name added, a card passed on, an entry granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShips flat, securely backed and tracked from the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Brunidor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010417578322,"sku":"BRUNIDOR-ALTMANN-INV-1973","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Butor_Michel._Laude_Jean._Bryen_Camille._Domela_Cesar._Helion_Jean._Herold_Jacques._Masson_Andre._Show_invite._1973.jpg?v=1784185855"},{"product_id":"butor-laude-bryen-domela-helion-herold-masson-brunidor-invitation-paris-1973","title":"BUTOR \/ LAUDE \/ BRYEN \/ DOMELA \/ HÉLION \/ HÉROLD \/ MASSON — Estampes et livres illustrés des Éditions Brunidor, Invitation, Paris, 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal personal invitation issued by Roberto and Maggy Altmann for a presentation of prints and illustrated books from Éditions Brunidor, held at 55 quai de Valmy, Paris, on 24 and 25 November 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card brings together the writers Michel Butor and Jean Laude with Camille Bryen, César Domela, Jean Hélion, Jacques Hérold and André Masson. Reduced to surnames, the participants describe Brunidor’s position between literature, printmaking and the artist’s book: writing placed beside images, and individual practices reorganised through publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eÉditions Brunidor had been founded in New York in 1947 by Robert Altmann. Its early activity included portfolios involving major Surrealist artists, while later publications developed through sustained collaborations between artists and writers. In 1969 the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presented the press within \u003cem\u003eLe Livre comme œuvre d’art\u003c\/em\u003e, recognising the illustrated book as a form in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour years later, this invitation returns that publishing programme to a private address. The phrase \u003cem\u003einvitation personnelle de la part de\u003c\/em\u003e remains uncompleted: an administrative space left open for the person through whom the card would circulate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffset-printed invitation on white card stock, 13.5 × 10.5 cm. Pale grey and orange typography to one side; reverse unprinted. Condition: very good. Light age toning, faint handling marks and minor corner and edge wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecurely packed; tracked UK and international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Brunidor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54141371384146,"sku":"BUTOR-BRUNIDOR-INV-1973","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Butor_Michel._Laude_Jean._Bryen_Camille._Domela_Cesar._Helion_Jean._Herold_Jacques._Masson_Andre._Show_invite._1973_c1c538b5-2a82-414e-bcca-c747a49c5a1f.jpg?v=1785444912"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/camille-bryen.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}