An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
New York: Something Else Press, 1966. 1st US Edition. Octavo, publisher’s stiff illustrated paper wraps.
First edition in English of Romanian-born Swiss artist and writer Daniel Spoerri’s post war artist book. A founding member of the Nouveau Réalisme movement in 1960, Spoerri was an early progenitor of the Fluxus movement. Developing out of a one-man show of his "snare-pictures" at the Galerie Lawrence in Paris and a conversation he had with his friend and fellow Fluxus artist Robert Filliou, this "cabinet of wonders" catalogs eighty numbered objects from his room at the Hotel Carcassonne in Paris, with Spoerri’s deadpan descriptions, associations, and memories about each. Originally published in France in 1962 as a booklet, this expanded edition was designed, edited, and published by Fluxus cofounder Dick Higgins through his press Something Else. Illustrated with black-and-white sketches of each object by French artist and filmmaker Roland Topor; with annotations by poet and translator Emmett Williams. Published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback (as here). Light soiling and edgewear to wraps. Very good. Item #12070
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