Live Auction 3065Post-War and Contemporary Art
Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
Lot 107 PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR

Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)

La Lettre d. (The Letter d.)

Closed2 November 2016

Price Realised

EUR 170,500

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976)
La Lettre d. (The Letter d.)
signed with the artist's initials and dated '4 février 67 M. B.' (on the reverse side of the portfolio)
typographic impression and collage on paper, in five parts, in a card portfolio with collaged elements on the interior and exterior
each sheet: 55.5 x 75.5cm.
portfolio: 78 x 58.5cm.
Executed in 1967, this piece is unique

Private Collection, Belgium.
Acquired from the above by the present owner via Jos Jamar, Antwerp.

Specialist note

‘I am the result of an experiment – the word is perhaps a little strong – let’s say of a taste for literature, definitely; that was my starting point; however, I do believe I am now able to express myself on the edge of things, where the world of visual arts and the world of poetry might eventually, I wouldn’t say meet, but at the very frontier where they part’ —M. Broodthaers