{"product_id":"dada-surrealisme-avant-gardes-wallonie-bruxelles-inv-1999","title":"DADA | SURRÉALISME | AVANT-GARDES — Un siècle de collage en Belgique — Exhibition Invitation with Insert, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, 1999–2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded exhibition invitation with original insert\u003cbr\u003eCentre Wallonie-Bruxelles, 127\/129 rue Saint-Martin, Paris\u003cbr\u003e14 × 10.5 cm closed \/ 14 × 21 cm unfolded\u003cbr\u003eVernissage: Tuesday 30 November 1999, 18h30–20h30\u003cbr\u003eExhibition: 1 December 1999 – 20 February 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal vernissage invitation for \u003cem\u003eDada | Surréalisme | Avant-Gardes: Un siècle de collage en Belgique\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover reproduces Marcel Mariën’s \u003cem\u003eParler de soie\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light handling wear and age toning consistent with period printed ephemera. Insert present and intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53759717671250,"sku":"MARIEN-WALLONIE-INV-1999","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Dada_Surrealism_Agant-Gardes._Show_invite_Centre_Wallonie-Bruxelles_Paris._1999_front.jpg?v=1781558093","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/dada-surrealisme-avant-gardes-wallonie-bruxelles-inv-1999","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}