Annette Messager, three artists' books 1974-1978

(1) Annette Messager Collectionneuse. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne ARC 2, 1974. Staple-bound, 21 x 15 cm, 24 pp. B/w facsimile printed texts, drawings and photographs organized into scrapbook-type ‘collection albums’. This album centers on Messager’s Paris apartment: the studio (territory of Annette Messager the artist), and the bedroom (Annette Messager collector). Includes a list of album collections from March 1974. Light corner bumps, handwritten date on rear of front cover, otherwise a good copy.

2) Annette Messager, Ma collection de proverbes: annette messager collectionneuse. Milan, Gian Carlo Politi Editore, 1976. Softcover, 12 x 16.5 cm, 110 pp. Edition of 1500. Features a compilation of proverbs consisting of male chauvinist ideas about women, collected by Messager. The proverbs are presented in French, Italian and English. Cover age spotted, with tear in upper left corner. (3) Annette Messager, Die Fortsetzungsromane mit Annette Messager Sammlerin, Annette Messager praktische Hausfrau, Annette Messager trickreiche Frau, Annette Messager Künstlerin. Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, 1978. Softcover, 20 x 20 cm, 127 pp. Exhibition catalogue/artists’ book edited by Messager and Klaus Honnef. Features the various persona used by the artist, such as Annette Messager, the Artist, the Collector, the Trickster, the Peddler, the Cheater, and the Practical Woman. Good copy. (total 3)