Photo of collection object Mon livre d'ogre (My ogre book)
Broodthaers, Marcel. Mon livre d'ogre (My ogre book), 1957. Poetry book. Letterpress, forty-four pages, with line block frontispiece by Serge Vandercam, page (each): 8 x 6 1/8" (20.3 x 15.5 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/8" (20.8 x 16.1 x 0.3 cm). Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, 647.2011. (Photo: MoMA)
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Mon livre d'ogre (My ogre book)

1957

Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian, 1924–1976

Drawings & Prints

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Broodthaers, Marcel
Classification
Illustrated Book
Formatted Medium
Poetry book. Letterpress, forty-four pages, with line block frontispiece by Serge Vandercam
Medium
poetry, book, letterpress, pages, line, block, frontispiece, serge, vandercam
Dimensions
page (each): 8 x 6 1/8" (20.3 x 15.5 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/8" (20.8 x 16.1 x 0.3 cm)
Departments
Drawings & Prints
Accession Number
647.2011
Credit Line
Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley

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