Pierre Alechinsky / Hugo Claus - Gans België

Artist: Pierre Alechinsky / Hugo Claus
Technique: Offset print
Signature: Hand signed
Title
All of Belgium
Number 70 of 150
Dutch version

Description
Just like his work 'Sorte de jeu de lotto', by Pierre Alechinsky, his goose game 'Gans België' fits in well with his love of filling boxes. The Cobra snake is prevalent.
The map consists of the representation of old documents. These traces of the official world are in stark contrast to the grid of the game of chance.
The fact that Hugo Claus composed the text cannot only be explained because the client, Europalia, wanted to pair the then most famous Belgian painter with the equally famous writer, on the occasion of 150 years of Belgium in 1980. Hugo Claus has situated himself within the Cobra style throughout his life with his visual work.

Category
Lithograph

Artist
Pierre Alechinsky (Schaerbeek, October 19, 1927)

Authors
Hugo Claus (Bruges, April 5, 1929 – Antwerp, March 19, 2008)
Freddy de Vree (Antwerp, October 3, 1939 – July 3, 2004)

Typographer
Corneille Hannoset (Brussels, 1926 - 1997)

More crowded
Arte

Publisher
Europalia

Signature
Numbered and signed by hand, bottom right.

Year
1980

Place of manufacture
Paris, France

Object name
Goose game

Material and technology
Paper / Offset

Dimensions
659x930mm

Condition
As new.
Only a slight discoloration in the edge on the right outside, approximately one millimeter wide. See photos 9 and 10. And a small serration in the edge at the level of box 24. See last photo.
The slight wave in the paper is because the artwork was stored rolled up wide.