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Production materials and photographs relating to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce
Title
[Production materials and photographs relating to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce].
Production
Paris, France, 1977.
Physical Description
57 photographs : black and white prints ; photographs 51 x 62 cm and smaller
4 prints : offset lithograph ; prints 122 x 57 cm and smaller
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of creation from exhibition brochure.
Poster inscribed by Jean Tinguely to Marc Audouin: "Amelioré énormément pour Marc Audouin par Jean Tinguely le 29 VI 77".
Stored in three containers.
Text in French.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Marc Audouin. Purchased from Solstices on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) was a Swiss artist.
Jacques Faujour (1949-) is a French photographer.
Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce was a large kinetic sculpture and installation in the form of a crocodile, built by the sculptor Jean Tinguely in the Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, 1977. Tinguely was commissioned to create the Crocrodrome by the museum's director, Pontus Hultén, for the newly built museum's opening in June. Zig et Puce was the pseudonym adopted by the group who executed and built the Crocrodrome; the team was led by Jean Tinguely and included: Marc Audouin, Seppi Imhoff, Bernhard Luginbühl, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Rico Weber, and Paul Wiedmer. The Crocrodrome was open to the public from June 1, 1977-January 2, 1978; visitors could observe the work from walkways set around it, or travel through the sculpture itself in small open cars on a looping track.
Summary
Production materials and photographs relating to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce, Paris, France, 1977. Includes 20 black and white contact sheet photographs and 37 loose black and white photographs by Jacques Faujour, depicting Jean Tinguely and the group who executed the work during the process of planning and building the Crocrodrome inside the Musée national d'art moderne; many of the loose photographs have overlays with production notes for inclusion in the exhibition brochure. Also includes: one proof offset lithographic print depicting a drawn plan for the Crocrodrome, with added drawing in pen, by Jean Tinguely; one proof offset lithographic print of the exhibition brochure, which on one side depicts Tinguely's plan for the Crocrodrome, and on the other side features a selection of Faujour's photographs with printed and manuscript annotations by Tinguely and pasted sheets with didactic text by Pontus Hultén; one offset lithographic print of the final exhibition brochure; and one offset lithographic poster advertising the exhibition, by Niki de Saint-Phalle and Jean Tinguely, inscribed by Tinguely to Marc Audouin. Accompanied by a box with a reproduction of the poster affixed to the lid.
Container 1 (box): Loose photographs. Container 2 (box): Contact sheet photographs, final exhibition brochure, poster, accompanying box. Container 3 (broadside folder): Proof prints.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2021
References
Jean Tinguely, Production Materials and Photographs Relating to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Jean Tinguely, Production Materials and Photographs Relating to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Lithographs.
Offset lithographs.
Photographs.
Posters.
Prints (visual works)
Proofs (prints by function)
Also listed under
Musée national d'art moderne (France)
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