Christian Boltanski (b. 1944) Fabrication de 600 petits couteaux, juin à septembre1970, vitrine n. 4
wood box construction--razorblades, thread, wire, fabric, paint and felt
29 5/8 x 59 x 5 7/8 in. (75 x 150 x 15 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Christian Boltanski (b. 1944) Fabrication de 600 petits couteaux, juin à septembre1970, vitrine n. 4
wood box construction--razorblades, thread, wire, fabric, paint and felt
29 5/8 x 59 x 5 7/8 in. (75 x 150 x 15 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist By descent to the present owner
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Moments 1-2-3, September-October 1970. Bordeaux, CAPC musée d'art contemporain; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Hamburger Bahnhof; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; Geneva, Musée Rath; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art; Hiroshima, Fukuyama Museum of Art and Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Collection Sonnabend: 25 Années de Choix et d'Activités d'Ileana et Michael Sonnabend, October 1987-February 1991, p. 255 (illustrated).