ABC EROTIQUE

(Marseilles): (Michéa Jacobi), 2003. Fine.. Unique miniature erotic artist's book, hand-painted and collaged onto a France Poste mailing label booklet. These twenty-six scenes, paired with an indelicate word or phrase for each letter of the alphabet, feature real postage-stamp reproductions of famous figures by Matisse, Boucher, and others, with Jacobi's own illustrations reaching in to interact with the art in ways not usually permitted at the Louvre. 3.25'' x 2.75'', in 5.5'' x 6'' box. Original side-stapled and perforated postal booklet, illustrated throughout with pictorial postage stamps and hand-painted and -lettered additions. Housed in original (truncated) handmade decorative paper box enclosure. Tiny closed tear to cover perforation line. Minor edgewear, smudge to inside of box lid. (Inventory #: 49922)