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Villeglé, Jacques, 1926-2022

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 March 27 - 2022 June 6

Parallel Names

  • Villegle, Jacques
  • Villegle
  • de la Villegle, Jacques Mahe
  • Mahe de la Villegle, Jacques

Nationality

French

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Establishment Epigraphy / Villegle, Jacques., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-00878-901
Scope and Contents

The language of this wholly textural book is French but Villegle substitutes symbols for some of the letters in the words, e.g., $, English Pound Sterling symbol, Swatstika, etc. The format of the text is similar to the unique artist book by Villegle also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

La Guerilla Des Ecritures / Villegle, Jacques., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-49972-71031
Scope and Contents

This might be the sketch book for Villegle's installations at Renne and Paris in 1982; see the essay by Kaira Cabanas in Villegle 2007 (book held by the Sackner Archive), page 116. However, none of these two images are depicted in this book. Cabanas commented that this work has a commonality with Jenny Holzer's "Truisms." The back cover depicts a silhouette profile of Villegle with a hat stencilled in black ink, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981