Paris: Musée d'Orsay/Éditions Hazan, 2004. 63pp; color plates. Sewn in wraps. Very good, with light corner wear, mild toning to edges of leaves. Signed and briefly inscribed by Oursler to title page.
Signed copy of this catalog exploring the affinities between American artist Tony Oursler (b. 1957) and French painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877); part of a series in which "artists of today choose a work of special significance to them from the collections of the Musée d'Orsay" (rear cover). With texts by Marianne le Pommeré and Laurence des Cars, and an interview with Oursler by Jacqueline Humphries. Bibliography at rear. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Correspondances - Tony Oursler/Gustave Courbet," at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 26 October 2004 - 23 January 2005. All text in French and English.
