Monique Boucher

Works associated with Monique Boucher — French writer and poet. Exhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents referencing or issued in connection with Boucher's literary practice and collaborations.

  • Original 2024 Ne travaillez jamais exhibition invitation card, 22 rue Visconti, Paris — recto with full-bleed photograph of arid rocky ground with tangled wire or thorn mass at centre; NE TRAVAILLEZ / JAMAIS in large hand-lettered white type across upper half; artist list in white capitals: Adel Abdessemed, Art Keller, Bruno Perramant, Conrad Bakker, Frank Perrin, Gianni Motti, Jannis Kounellis, Jimmie Durham, Julien Prévieux, Marc Boucherot, Philippe Meste, Raymond Pettibon; exhibition details: Une Exposit Reverse of 2024 Ne travaillez jamais exhibition invitation card, 22 rue Visconti, Paris — verso showing plain unprinted white card stock with visible handling marks, surface rubbing, light creasing, and pressure marks consistent with storage and circulation.

    Ne travaillez jamais — Exhibition Invitation, 22 rue Visconti, Paris, 2024

    Ne travaillez jamais — Exhibition Invitation, 22 rue Visconti, Paris, 2024

  • Original 1971 launch invitation for L'air pauvre, Les Aliscans, Paris, featuring bold black offset typography on cream card stock announcing the illustrated edition by Abdallah Benanteur with texts by Monique Boucher, event date Friday 19 November 1971, 18:00–21:00, with silhouetted figure and bookshop address at 57 rue de Rennes. Reverse of 1971 L'air pauvre launch invitation, Les Aliscans, Paris, showing blank cream card stock with age toning and light handling wear consistent with period paper ephemera.

    Monique Boucher / Abdallah Benanteur — L’air pauvre — Les Aliscans, Paris, 1971

    Monique Boucher / Abdallah Benanteur — L’air pauvre — Les Aliscans, Paris, 1971