Jean LE GAC
Le récit, 1972
16 pages, 29 x 20 cm, four-color printing, 470 numbered copies.
Limited edition: includes various original documents and a silkscreen print on canvas, 30 numbered and signed copies.
Le récit and the exhibition Spurensicherung (1974), curated by Günter Metken at the Hamburger Kunstverein (Le Gac was not represented in this exhibition), inspired Uwe Schneede to organize a solo exhibition with the artist in Hamburg in the Documenta year 1977 (Le Gac, Der Maler). The catalog (an artist's book by Le Gac) for this exhibition was produced by Paul Lebeer in Brussels. A special edition with some original documents was also produced by bookbinder Christian Zwang in Hamburg.
Le fantôme des Beaux Arts, 1976
Original color photograph (40 x 50 cm) mounted on cardboard (50 x 60 cm) accompanied by a 24-page text in book form, measuring 29 x 21 cm. Each copy includes a page from the original manuscript. 25 numbered and signed copies.
Der Maler, 1977
Artist Book and Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition of 1977-1978 Kunstverein Hamburg, Lenbachhaus, Munich, and Neue Galerie Aachen, 126 pages, format 21.5 x 14 cm 90 black and white reproductions 1,200 copies.
First edition (1979): with 6 handwritten postcards by Jean Le Gac 18 copies numbered and signed.
Text by Jean Le Gac. Introduction and German translation by Günter Metken.
Le récit, 1972
16 pages, 29 x 20 cm, four-color printing, 470 numbered copies.
Limited edition: includes various original documents and a silkscreen print on canvas, 30 numbered and signed copies.
Le récit and the exhibition Spurensicherung (1974), curated by Günter Metken at the Hamburger Kunstverein (Le Gac was not represented in this exhibition), inspired Uwe Schneede to organize a solo exhibition with the artist in Hamburg in the Documenta year 1977 (Le Gac, Der Maler). The catalog (an artist's book by Le Gac) for this exhibition was produced by Paul Lebeer in Brussels. A special edition with some original documents was also produced by bookbinder Christian Zwang in Hamburg.
Le fantôme des Beaux Arts, 1976
Original color photograph (40 x 50 cm) mounted on cardboard (50 x 60 cm) accompanied by a 24-page text in book form, measuring 29 x 21 cm. Each copy includes a page from the original manuscript. 25 numbered and signed copies.
Der Maler, 1977
Artist Book and Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition of 1977-1978 Kunstverein Hamburg, Lenbachhaus, Munich, and Neue Galerie Aachen, 126 pages, format 21.5 x 14 cm 90 black and white reproductions 1,200 copies.
First edition (1979): with 6 handwritten postcards by Jean Le Gac 18 copies numbered and signed.
Text by Jean Le Gac. Introduction and German translation by Günter Metken.