PARIS–MAI LA NUIT DU 13 MAI 68
Paris: Editions Agentzia, Nd. First edition. 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in) sleeve with an opening along right edge printed in black on recto and verso. Housing a two-sided cardboard plate with an orange and yellow round die cut rotatable disc also printed in black and bound at middle with a brass rivet. Text in French.
Inventive visual documentation of the May ’68 events in the form of a two-sided plate with two die cut discs each titled ‘REACTION’ and ‘REVOLUTION’. Both discs can be rotated to reveal a description of what transpired on a specific date alongside a small photograph. Front of sleeve features a full bleed photograph of the demonstration, and back of sleeve reproduces text excerpts about the event from Le Monde. No. 3 in the Editions Agentzia series founded and edited by Jean-François Bory and Jochen Gerz.
Sleeve with trace amounts of age toning, bumps to corners, wear along extremities, and a small indent at middle from brass rivet, else near fine. Inserted two-sided cardboard plate near fine with faint indents to paper around brass rivet. Item #1050
Price: $600.00