{"id":4751,"date":"2014-07-24T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T14:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2014-07-24T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T14:32:05","slug":"mysterious-matchbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2014\/07\/24\/mysterious-matchbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious matchbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This particular item which I believe is an artists’ book is quite interesting, published in Paris in 1990 by Ed. Rouleau Libre it was issued as a matchbox measuring\u00a08 x 6 cm and contains a number of objects. \u00a0On a folded sheet is a poem by Pierre Mr\u00e9<\/a>jen along with a graphic of some sort. \u00a0\"KIC_Image_0002\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Little is know about Mr\u00e9<\/a>jen he appears to be a poet that produced a number of artists’ books for Les Editions Rouleau Libre. \u00a0An additional folded sheet contains two quotations by\u00a0Henri Michaux and Maurice Blanchot along with small illustrations. \u00a0What was most unexpected were the matches, marble, and cigarette that accompanied the\u00a0folded sheets. \u00a0\"KIC_Image_0004\"<\/p>\n

The work is identified as example no. 11, out of how many we cannot be sure, \u00a0and there was little definitive\u00a0information about this cleverly constructed item.<\/p>\n

I did discover that the cigarette is from a German brand called Roth Handle whose identifying hand logo has been recreated on the back of the matchbox with the title of the work.<\/p>\n

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Part of the Fine Arts Library collection La\u00a0<\/em><\/span>main<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>espac\u00e9e<\/em>.\u00a0Paris : Rouleau Libre, 1990 can be located in Hollis<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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