Butor, Michel, and J.C. Pretre

"Offenbach Serie", 1982-1983

Geneva: Christian Braillard (printer), 1983. First edition. Soft cover. [48]p, many color ills.   Poetic text by Butor and an explanation of the series and its production by Pretre.  One of 1500 trade copies.  In French. Very good. Item #30454

Catalogue for two exhibitions of Jean-Claude Pretre's Offenbach series held in Basel, 1983 (including at Art Basel).   The series consists of 37 oil and gouache variations on a suite of 5 large Polaroid images of interiors, which was commissioned by Polaroid and made by Pretre with the SX70 camera. Uncommon. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $40.00