CLAIR, Jean and Harald Szeemann - Editors. Various authors: Testi di Marc Le Bot, Bazon Brock, Michel Carrouges, Michel de Certeau, Jean Clair, Peter Gorsen, Gilbert Lascault, Jean Francois Lyotard, Gunter Metken, Alain Montesse, René Raddrizzani, Arturo Schwarz, Michel Serres, and Harald Szeemann. Magazzini del Sale alle Zattere.

Le Macchine Celibi / The Bachelor Machines. La Biennale di Venezia Magazzini del Sale alle Zattere.

Venice: Alfieri Editore / La Biennale di Venezia, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 236pp. Stiff wrappers with original glassine dust jacket overwrap, illustrated in black and titled in red. Well illustrated in b&w. ENGLISH and ITALIAN parallel text. Exhibition held at Magazzini del Sale alle Zattere, Venezia, 6 settembre - 30 ottobre 1975. "Le mostra sara` presentata nei seguenti musei e gallerie: Kunsthalle Bern, Biennale di Venezia, Societe des expositions du Palais des beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf." Under the curation of Harald Szeemann a a variety of artists and authors react to the work Bachelor Apparatus (The Bachelor Machines) by Marcel Duchamp. Light fading, a few creases to spine, cover edges a bit chafe, page edges a bit darkened, pages toned but text bright and unmarked. Overall a tight clean VG+ copy near VG dust jacket. ( Fragile glassine dust jacket is a bit darkened, edges chafed and lightly chipped ). All editions out of print. The first softcover edition of this volume is unusually scarce. Item #62987

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