Marcel Broodthaers - New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art London Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Phillips
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    • Provenance

      Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

    • Literature

      Manuel J. Borja-Villel and Michael Compton, eds., Marcel Broodthaers: Cinéma, exh. cat., Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, 1997, p. 179 (illustrated)
      Charlotte Friling and Dirk Snauwaert, eds., Industrial Poems: Marcel Broodthaers, The Complete Catalogue of the​ Plaques, 1968-1972, Brussels, 2021, p. 306

Property from The Herbig Collection

75

La pipe – this is not a pipe

signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'projet plaque M.B. 69' on the reverse
graphite on paper
16.6 x 21.4 cm (6 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Executed in 1969.

We are grateful for Marie-Puck Broodthaers’ assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠

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Louise Simpson
Head of New Now, London, Associate Specialist
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New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

London Auction 4 December 2024