Philippe Cazal — Collection — Exhibition Invitation Card, Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, 1990

Exhibition invitation / mailed card
Galerie Claire Burrus, 30–32 rue de Lappe, Paris 75011
15 × 21 cm
Offset print on card
2–30 April 1990, vernissage Saturday 31 March, 14h–19h

Issued for Philippe Cazal’s 1990 exhibition Collection at Galerie Claire Burrus. Cazal’s practice is closely tied to advertising, branding, typography, and the artist-name as logo: in the 1980s he turned his own name into a graphic trademark, using repetition and visual identity as artistic material. The Collection exhibition transformed the gallery into something like a collector’s interior, with the Philippe Cazal logo occupying objects and surfaces.

The recto is a strong graphic object in its own right: the repeating stripe of alternating positive and negative logo bands creates a dense optical rhythm that functions simultaneously as branding, pattern, and conceptual statement. The mailed verso adds a further layer — invitation, logo, document, and circulated object in one — with the original postal frank and address label intact.

Condition: Good vintage condition. Light toning, handling marks, minor corner wear, postal marks, and surface creasing from circulation.

Shipping and handling included.