DUMUCHESKY (François) — FIVE WEEKS OF CRUELTY, or The Strang - Lot 84

DUMUCHESKY (François) — FIVE WEEKS OF CRUELTY, or The Strange Story of the Montgolfière Sisters DUMUCHESKY (François). Five Weeks of Cruelty, or The Strange Story of the Montgolfière Sisters. Collages. Paris, Éditions Dominique Leroy, “Vertiges Lumières” series. Large quarto, publisher’s illustrated black hardcover. An album combining text and surrealist color collages, composed of old engravings, photographs, erotic images, and contemporary elements. A curious artist’s book structured as an illustrated narrative, in which Dumuchesky reappropriates old printed imagery through the technique of collage. The work draws on elements of surrealism, reappropriation, collage, and Curiosa. Condition: generally good; glossy black hardcover showing scuffing, scratches, and signs of handling, particularly on the back cover; corners slightly scuffed; interior fresh.