Bernard Heidsieck, Oh Madame Vous avez laissez tomber ce papier

Signed and dated 15-5-71 by the artist. Handwritten text on card featuring a mega sized R.A.T.P. Metro ticket with die cut hole, 19 x 37 cm. Presumably a found love letter. A small part of the felt tip text has faded, the work has some age toning and wear along the margins.

Heidsieck (1928 – 2014) was a French pioneer in the sound poetry movement of the 1950s and founder of action poetry in 1961. He combined his career as a deputy manager of a Parisian bank with his poetry, capturing the mysteries of daily life, the office, the metro. His series of sound poems titled La Poinçonneuse (1970) was based on a found love letter written by a R.A.T.P. employee, possibly there is a link with this piece.