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Asger Jorn and Debord: Fin de Copenhague. Édite par le Bauhaus Imaginiste. Cph: Permild & Rosengreen 1957. 1st edition. Verso of half title and first page with a spot. Original binding. Spine with minor wear, edges of binding with light browning (as usual). Copy #99 (of 200) copies, signed in pencil by Jorn and Debord.

Fin de Copenhague (Goodbye to Copenhagen) is the first collaboration between Jorn and Debord. The book was printed within 24 hours as an artistic experiment. Having just arrived in Copenhagen, Jorn and Debord rushed into a newsagents, stole a huge amount of magazines and newspapers, and spent a drunken afternoon collaging elements together. The next day they arrived at the printer with 32 collages, which were transferred to lithographic plates. Jorn then sat at the top of a ladder over the zinc plates, dropping cup after cup of Indian ink onto them. The plates were then etched and printed over the black texts and images.

The most sought-after of Jorn's books.

Auction

Modern art books, 1 April 2014

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