Kaddish

First edition, first impression of Kaddish by Christian Boltanski. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. The back page is stuck down to the board in one corner but all pages, spine and the boards are clean and intact. some very minor wear to the boards.

About

Published for Boltanski’s 1998 exhibition at the Musee d’Art Moderne, this massive book is not a catalogue but rather an accompaniment for the show. This work is embellished with over eleven hundred black and white photographs from which Boltanski attempts to rescue the individual and events from historical oblivion. “Each object conceals a story, and each object has a face,” claims Boltanski, asking reader to regard each of the hundreds of photographs individually.