Cirque Divers

Bruxelles: Editions Lebeer Hossmann, 1986.
First Edition.

39.5cm x 28.5cm. [214] pages, black and white illustrations, mounted envelope containing 5 printed cards, large pop-up model of the space laid in. Pictorial wrappers. Text is in French.

Oversize self-documentation of the pataphysical cabaret and performance group / artist space in Liege, Belgium. Founded in 1977 by Michel Antaki, Jacques Jaminon, Brigitte Kaquet, Jacques Lizene, and Jean-Marie Lemaire, and operating until 1999. Though the cover states Tome 1, no further volumes were produced. This is the trade issue in wrappers; a deluxe issue of 15 artist copies was also issued. This copy with a trifolded two-sided A3 prospectus for the book, detailing the deluxe issue, a sponsorship card, and a 40 page booklet produced by the group likely in early 1987, largely reproducing mail art, including a contribution sent from Sydney.

Minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition.

AU$500