Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller

Marcel van Eeden: Celia [SIGNED]

VAN EEDEN, Marcel, BERG, Stephan

Publisher: Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783775718493
Condition: Fine / No dust jacket as issued
Item #: 109470

$50.00

Specifics

First edition, first printing. Signed, inscribed "To Dean," and dated 3/7/06 on the front free endpaper by van Eeden. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Drawings and text (in German) by Marcel van Eeden. Essay (in English and German) by Stephan Berg. Includes an exhibition history and a bibliography. 204 pp., with 170 duotone illustrations. 6-7/8 x 9-5/8 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Kunstverein Hannover.

Condition

Fine.

Description

From the publisher: "Every day, the Dutch artist Marcel van Eeden, who was recently featured at the Fourth Berlin Biennale of Contemporary Art, sits down at his cluttered desk, surrounded by overflowing bins of archival materials, and he makes a drawing based on an image from one of his many historical documents--whether it be a topographical atlas, a newspaper, an old illustrated book or a magazine like Life or Paris Match. The only condition to which van Eeden holds himself is that the primary image must have been made at least one year before 1965, the year of his birth. So far, van Eeden has created thousands of these small-format, diaristic charcoal and pencil drawings, which he describes together as, 'an encyclopedia of my death.' This substantial first monograph airs the mystery surrounding Celia, the protagonist of van Eeden's latest cycle of works, and also features a representative selection of early drawings."