Dessin: Collection Antoine de Galbert is an extraordinary collection of more than 500 drawings from the Antoine de Galbert Collection. Antoine de Galbert is an art buyer known for his subjective tastes and not influenced by trends or market-led drivers. His unique collection now boasts over 3000 artworks.
The drawings in this book have been gathered over 40 years and comprise works by more than 200 artists who are presented alphabetically to generate chance encounters and intriguing juxtapositions. Included are works by Isaac Abrams, Atelier Van Lieshout, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hans Bellmer, Cathryn Boch, Michaël Borremans, John Cage, Hiroyuki Doi, Marcel Dzama, Lucio Fontana, Jochen Gerner, Elika Hedayat, Oda Jaune, René Magritte, Elina Merenmies, Annette Messager, Panamarenko, Thomas Schütte, Pae White, and many others.
With text by Corinne Rondeau and notes by Antoine Champenois. Corinne Rondeau says of the book, 'It is a collection in the form of an abyss of humanity which strikes hard, twists itself, exults ecstatically, messes around, spreads out, exaggerates, contracts. With elegance, clumsiness, naivety and virtuosity, the works on paper speak to a life determined to continue, through laughter or through tears. They reek of a life working death to death'.
Editions Empire, 324pp, 22cm x 30cm, illustrated paperback, 2025, English/French text.