Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, and Per Olof Ultvedt

Hon — en historia [signed, numbered, artwork mounted to portfolio]

Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1967. Offset on newsprint, with holographic signatures on envelope. Side-stapled, in wraps that fold out. 208pp. Text in Swedish and English. 11 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄2 in. book housed in 12 x 14 5/8 in. envelope with tipped in painting. First and only edition, number 43 of 150 copies. Near fine. Item #6583

The exhibition catalog for the 1967 feminist art exhibition with Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, and Per Olof Ultvedt - in the rare portfolio, signed and mounted with a piece of the painted canvas that covered Hon.

“Hon” was an enormous and colorful sculpture of a woman in repose created by Niki de Saint Phalle, in collaboration with Jean Tinguely and Per Olof Ultvedt. Spectators were invited to enter the sculpture through a vaginal gate between her legs, and once inside, interact with a number of attractions. A remarkable historical record of a monumental feminist work.

“Perhaps it is the same feeling of loss that has led us to consecrate her ‘for ever’ in this book, produced however on newsprint, an ephemeral product.”.

Price: $2,500.00