Sanja Ivekovic, Tragedija Jedne Venere / A Tragedy of a Venus 1975

Zagreb, Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, 1976. Stapled softcover, 20 x 29 cm, 36 pp. Text in English and Croatian. First edition, printed in 500 copies on the occasion of Ivekovic's one-woman show in the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. Staples show moderate rust, dog-ears lower right, else a fine copy. Momentous and scarce artists' book.

Sanja Ivelovic (1949, Zagreb) was one of the first feminist artists to emerge from the former Yugoslavia’s experimental art scene of the 1970s. In 'Tragedy of a Venus' she presents a selection of tabloid photos of Marilyn Monroe juxtaposed with similarly composed snapshots of the artist herself, offering a reflection on the prescribed ideals of femininity by Hollywood/consumer images.