• 1999 Dada Surréalisme Avant-Gardes Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris exhibition invitation, cover: colour reproduction of Marcel Mariën's Parler de soie (1975), showing a fragmented female face — eyes and nose within a speech-bubble cutout form, lips detached below — on cream ground; handwritten caption 'Parler de soie.' at lower left and 'Mariën 9.6.75' at lower right.
  • Reverse of 1999 Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Dada Surréalisme Avant-Gardes invitation, showing plain cream card stock with light age toning and faint surface marks.
  • Interior of 1999 Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles exhibition invitation unfolded: left panel with two-column checklist of Belgian artists including Alechinsky, Magritte, Mariën, Mesens, Scutenaire, and others; right panel with vernissage details 'le mardi 30 novembre de 18h30 à 20h30', exhibition title 'DADA | SURRÉALISME | AVANT-GARDES / Un siècle de collage en Belgique', Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles address 127/129 rue Saint-Martin, Paris.
  • Printed insert from 1999 Dada Surréalisme Avant-Gardes invitation: Librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles Christmas opening notice, 46 rue Quincampoix Paris, listing Belgian writers including Amélie Nothomb, Jean-Claude Pirotte, Georges Simenon, Maurice Maeterlinck, Henri Michaux, and others; 'WALLONIE | BRUXELLES' logo at lower right with rooster motif.
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DADA | SURRÉALISME | AVANT-GARDES — Un siècle de collage en Belgique — Exhibition Invitation with Insert, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, 1999–2000

DADA | SURRÉALISME | AVANT-GARDES — Un siècle de collage en Belgique — Exhibition Invitation with Insert, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, 1999–2000

Artist
René Magritte
Issued by
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
Place & year
Paris, 1999
Type
Invitation Card
Format
Folded invitation with original insert from the Librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles
Size
14 × 10.5 cm closed / 14 × 21 cm unfolded
Condition
Good vintage condition: light handling wear and age toning consistent with period printed ephemera; insert present and intact.
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Notes

Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, 127/129 rue Saint-Martin, Paris
Vernissage: Tuesday 30 November 1999, 18h30–20h30
Exhibition: 1 December 1999 – 20 February 2000

Original vernissage invitation for Dada | Surréalisme | Avant-Gardes: Un siècle de collage en Belgique, a survey of a century of Belgian collage and surrealist image practice at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris. Artists represented include René Magritte, Marcel Mariën, Pierre Alechinsky, E.L.T. Mesens, André Stas, and others.

The cover reproduces Marcel Mariën’s Parler de soie (1975): a compressed collage-image combining glamour photography, fragmentation, and surrealist détournement. The invitation retains its original printed insert from the Librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles — a small literary supplement referencing Belgian writers including Amélie Nothomb, Georges Simenon, Maurice Maeterlinck, and Henri Michaux.

A concise example of late-1990s institutional print culture: exhibition announcement, mailing object, and cultural distribution support folded into a single paper form. Complete examples with inserts intact appear infrequently.

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