CIRQUE DIVERS
Tome 1, 1986
Softcover, 39 x 29 cm unpaginated with b&w illustrations throughout. Wrappers, worn and marked on cover, nicked on spine.
A notable “exemplaire de tête” (one of the special editions) includes 15 original signed works by various artists. These include:
- “Le Mangeur de disques” by Ben (ink & disc on cardboard)
- “En votre aimable dérèglement” by Pierre Alechinsky (a plate in 3 tones)
- A black & white silver print (tirage argentique) by Marcel Mariën and one by Georges Thiry, both mounted under passe-partout.
- A woodcut (?) by Topor, lithographs by Pol Bury, others by Fernand Flausch, Christian Zeimert, Joël Hubaut, etc.
- Even some unusual inclusions: “matière fécale de Jacques Lizène” (!!) as one of the pieces.
The special edition is enclosed in a publisher’s box (emboîtage) decorated with a red curtain scene, and includes a mini-cassette audio.