George Brecht and Robert Filliou. La Cedille Qui Sourit

Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1969. Oversized cardboard matchbox, 16 x 22 x 2 cm, numbered 404/440.

Contains a regular matchbox with 4 metal hooks (alluding to cedillas); 16 individual cards; 2 folded sheets; 3 booklets; all printed on papers of varying colours, with a rectangular cut-out for the matchbox in the upper left corner. Text by curator Johannes Cladders in German, English and French. Some age-staining to the exterior and interior of the box; flaps are torn at the corners. Near fine copy.