“The Artist is Present”. Photodocumentation Summer 77.

Manon (Rosemarie Küng). 

£355

The publication documents a performance that took place during the summer of 1977 in Zürich, with 17 girls dressed as MANON. They stood silently by a fence, facing the frenzied audience, and looked back. The performance then unfolded into a parcours through the city.

Zürich: Küng-Kong Sisters, 1977. First edition. 8vo (21 × 14.8 cm). Softcover. Photographic card wrappers. Perfect bound. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Condition: Fine. Light shelf wear to wrappers. Item ID: 11757.

Subjects:Art,Performance,Photography,20th Century

Format:Artists’ Books

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