{"product_id":"jean-dubuffet-la-botte-a-nique-illustrated-artist-s-book-in-publisher-s-leather-no-652-1000-1973","title":"Jean Dubuffet — La Botte à Nique, Illustrated Artist’s Book in Publisher’s Leather, No. 652\/1000 (1973)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eWebsite description\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDUBUFFET, JEAN.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Botte à Nique.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneva: Albert Skira, 1973. From the series \u003cem\u003eLes Sentiers de la Création\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Jean Dubuffet’s densely integrated book of text and images, conceived and designed throughout by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume reproduces Dubuffet’s handwritten text in his deliberately unorthodox phonetic “jargon,” intertwined with more than one hundred black-and-white and color images in the visual language of his celebrated \u003cem\u003eHourloupe\u003c\/em\u003e cycle. Printed in héliogravure after the artist’s manuscript and original maquette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDubuffet uses the seemingly ordinary subject of gardening as a vehicle for wordplay, visual puzzles, and a characteristically subversive meditation on language, culture, and artistic creation. The curving handwritten text mirrors the fluid, cellular forms of the illustrations, requiring the reader to rotate and actively manipulate the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of 1,000 numbered copies on wove paper in the publisher’s full burgundy leather binding, ruled and lettered in gilt, with gilt top edge. This is copy 652.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLa Botte à Nique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLes Sentiers de la Création\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, no. 652 of 1,000 leather-bound copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extensively illustrated in black and color, printed in héliogravure after Dubuffet’s designs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 21.5 × 16.5 cm (8½ × 6½ inches).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small nick to the top edge of the text block; otherwise fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235453251814,"sku":"BB-000287","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/b3_86c4fd63-16b1-45e1-93cf-9fba95a7022a.jpg?v=1787597003","url":"https:\/\/www.breethingbooks.com\/products\/jean-dubuffet-la-botte-a-nique-illustrated-artist-s-book-in-publisher-s-leather-no-652-1000-1973","provider":"Breething Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}