{"title":"Galerie de Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents issued by Galerie de Paris, located at 14 Place François-1er, Paris — a significant Paris gallery active through the postwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"michel-ciry-galerie-de-paris-1971","title":"Michel Ciry — Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins — Galerie de Paris, 1971","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition invitation with accompanying handwritten archival reference note\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on folded card stock with handwritten graphite research slip\u003cbr\u003eGalerie de Paris, 14 Place François-1er, Paris\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: 26 October – 27 November 1971; vernissage 26 October, 17:00–20:00\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 21 × 15 cm (invitation, unfolded, estimated)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: good to very good; central fold as issued, light age toning, minor handling wear and softening to edges; accompanying note with fold and handling marks consistent with archival use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original 1971 exhibition invitation issued for Michel Ciry at Galerie de Paris, accompanied by a handwritten German research card retained alongside it. The invitation announces an exhibition of paintings, watercolours, and drawings and follows a restrained typographic format characteristic of Paris gallery material from the period: sparse hierarchy, wide spacing, and little emphasis beyond the artist’s name itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichel Ciry (1919–2018) occupied a curious position within postwar French culture. Painter, engraver, writer, and composer, his work frequently moved around spiritual themes, religious imagery, portraiture, and contemplative realism at a moment when abstraction and conceptual practices increasingly dominated institutional discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe accompanying handwritten note introduces an unexpected secondary layer. Written in German, it records bibliographic information for \u003cem\u003eDie Wiener Secession: Eine Dokumentation\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Waissenberger, published by Verlag Jugend und Volk in Vienna and Munich in 1971 (300 pages; 120 Deutsche Marks). Whether originally inserted by a collector, bookseller, researcher, or archivist, the note shifts the object slightly away from a single exhibition announcement and toward a small working archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation and note function as paired supports rather than independent objects. One announces an exhibition; the other indexes another history entirely. Artist, book, movement, price, place. Two administrative fragments temporarily held together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item. Shipping and handling included in listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53571706945874,"sku":"CIRY-GALERIEPARIS-INV-1971","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Ciry_Michael._Show_invite_Galerie_de_Paris._1971_front.jpg?v=1779777868"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/galerie-de-paris.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}