Francoise Gilot.: Three Travel Sketchbooks: Venice, India, Senegal

Description

Three facsimile editions of Francoise Gilot's travel sketchbooks, made between 1974 and 1981, combine the distinct atmospheres of Venice, India, and Senegal with Gilot's abstract figuration. Packaged in a fold-out box set, the sketchbooks are accompanied by an illustrated booklet which gathers an insightful introduction, a conversation with the artist on her work and travels, and translations of the handwritten text within the drawings. Limited and numbered edition of 5,000 copies. Also available as three separate Art Editions of 60 copies respectively, each with a signed lithograph created by Gilot exclusively for TASCHEN.

Th r se Cr mieux is an actress and dramatist who played in films by Robert Altman, Claude Lelouch, Laurent Heynemann, and Jacques Demy as well as in French theaters. She collaborated on her own solo pieces with writer Philippe Ferran and directors Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, John Pepper, and Robert Cantarella. Her fist play, Sc nes trang res, was produced at the Com die Fran aise, and since 2011 she has written and published a number of plays including L'Art de la s paration, which takes place in Munich in 1933, Superstition, Derni re s ance, and Low Cost. Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor, with numerous publications mainly on contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN titles include Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Neo Rauch, Ai Weiwei, Darren Almond. Fullmoon, and David Hockney. A Bigger Book.