Kaddish. Deluxe signed, limited edition with print Tapa dura - 1998

Munchen: Gina Kehayoff Verlag, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Original paper covered boards in matching slipcase. Number 75 of the Deluxe limited edition of 75 signed copies exclusively printed for 'Amis du Musee'. With an original gelatin silver print (24 x 20 cm.) pasted to the front paste down and protected by a tissue gard. The book is signed and numbered by Christian Boltanski on a loose colophon sheet pasted on the rear paste down. "It is a monumental book, over 1,100 images culled from newspapers, archives, books, postcards, found photographs and flea-market pictures. a gigantic memento mori, the primary aim of all Boltanski's work" (Parr & Badger II:173). 28 x 22,5 cm. Tiny bump to rear side of lower spine end and one corner of the slipcase, otherwise as new. Very rare!.