La Lune Chevelue des Choses Christian Dotremont & Asger Jorn

Christian Dotremont & Asger Jorn

Édition Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris / 1961 / Original numbered edition, copy no. 13/300 on Lavis Arjomari / FrenchRare numbered copy (no. 13/300) of ‘La Lune Chevelue des Choses’, a masterpiece of the collaboration between Christian Dotremont and Asger Jorn, two central figures of the CoBrA movement. Published in 1961 by Galerie Rive Gauche in Paris, this artist’s book brings together the “logogrigrams” created by the two artists during their stay at the Silkeborg sanatorium between 1949 and 1953, a crucial period for the development of the CoBrA aesthetic. The preface is written by Pierre Alechinsky, another leading figure of the movement. Extremely limited edition: 300 copies on Lavis Arjomari paper numbered in Arabic numerals, plus 20 deluxe hors commerce copies on Arches Torchon paper numbered in Roman numerals. Copy in original softcover with the characteristic handwritten title on the cover, preserved in good overall condition. An essential document for understanding the fusion of writing and painting that characterized the postwar Northern European avant-garde. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS INSIDE