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Asger Jorn

Guy Ernest Debord

Asger Jorn and Debord: Fin de Copenhague. Édite par le Bauhaus Imaginiste. Cph: Permild & Rosengreen 1957. 1st edition. Original binding. Spine with minor wear on last page. Copy #76 (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. This copy is in very fine condition.

Hofman Hansen (ed.): A bibliography of Asger Jorn's writings, #166.

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Books and manuscripts, 2 September 2014

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