Experimentelle Ausstellung: Der Adler vom Oligozän bis Heute: Methodologische Ausstellung.
Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle / Druck Alfried Holle, 1972. Exhibition poster printed to thick cream stock (23.5 x 16.5 inches); unframed. For one of the final installments of his Musée d'Art Moderne cycle (1968-1972)—as its Section des Figures—Marcel Broodthaers designed an experimental museum exhibition at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf, in which he gathered together over 200 historical objects and artworks that featured eagle iconography. This unorthodox curatorial methodology, in the context of a State-run museum, resulted in what was regarded as one of Broodthaers' "largest and most spectacular" events. For the official poster, the Kunsthalle's curator Jurgen Harten gave Broodthaers full autonomy, with the latter producing a poster-in-poster takeover design that foregrounded the exhibition's meta structure. The next month, for his Section Publicité installation at documenta 5, Broodthaers would exhibit this poster as its own artwork. This copy bright and sharp, with minor bumping to corners; near fine. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. One copy illustrated full-page in MoMA's landmark retrospective catalogue.
Item #28654
Price: $2,000.00