Filliou and Brecht, the Cedilla

George Brecht and Robert Filliou, Games at the Cedilla or the Cedilla Takes Off. New York, Something Else Press, 1967. First Edition. Artist book collaboration between Filliou and Brecht who ran a gallery and the research space La Cedille Qui Sourit in Southern France. Toning on cover, else fine.

+ George Brecht and Robert Filliou, La Cedille Qui Sourit. Monchengladbach, Stadtisches Museum, 1969. 16 x 22 x 2 cm. Numbered 273/440. Oversized cardboard matchbox. Contains a regular matchbox with 4 metal hooks resembling cedillas, 22 die-cut cards, three leaflets, loose pages and an invitation to participate in a mail art project about jokes. Text by curator Johannes Cladders in German, English and French. Edges of the bottom box are bubbly. Flaps slightly stretched, else a clean copy. + Boites, ARC 2 Musee d art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1977. Exhibition catalogue about boxes in the arts.