2017.62: Enveloppe-moi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.62

People

Annette Messager, French (Berck-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), France born 1943)
Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian (Brussels, Belgium born 1957)

Title

Enveloppe-moi

Classification

Books

Work Type

artist's book

Date

2013

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/357409

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cloth bound case containing a letter, postcards, envelopes, pigment prints, and a photograph

Dimensions

case: 29.5 × 37.2 × 3.3 cm (11 5/8 × 14 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
pigment prints: 28 × 36 cm (11 × 14 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: On colophon, in graphite: A Messager, Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, partial sale, partial gift; to Emily Rauh Pulitzer (2013-2017), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

68/110

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.62

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Four-fold case containing two sets of fifteen postcards, a letter, an original photograph, ten original pigment prints by Messager, a table of contents, and colophon.

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