Hanne Darboven (1941 - 2009), „Wunschkonzert“, Point d'Ironie, No 27

Those prints on thin paper were free give aways. Each issue consists of 8 pages on two sheets, which mesure 43 x 61 cm each unfolded.

Directors of this publication is agnès b., Hans-Ulrich Obrist editor in chief.

The point d'ironie originates from a talk between agnès b., Christian Boltanski and Hans Ulrich Obrist in 1997. Six to eight issues are published each year. Each of them is made by an artist who makes it his own and brings it up to a singular work of art. By means of its gratuitousness as well as of its size and circulation, the   is an atypical periodical which is distributed in a scattered way already issued : d’ironie (one hundred thousand copies are spread out over the world in museums, galleries, bookshops, schools, movie theatres, shops, etc.) Made up by the French writer Alcanter de Brahm at the end of the XIXth century, the   is a punctuation mark used at the end of sentences (as an exclamation or a question mark) to point ironic passages in a text. (Point d'Ironie)

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The prints are delicate, therefore there are mild traces of handling and age, no tears.

The auction is private, and therefore subject to the statutes of the European Union.