{"title":"Michel Ciry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks associated with Michel Ciry (1919–2018) — French painter, engraver, writer, and composer whose work moved around spiritual themes, religious imagery, portraiture, and contemplative realism. Exhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents referencing or issued in connection with Ciry’s practice.\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\/michel-ciry.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}