französisch. 8to. (oktavformat). 2 okartbde., offene bindungen, je 144 s. mit je 63 s/w abb.. 2 hefte in transparenthülle: claude levi strauss, editions plon, 1955 [faksimile] und laurence aegerter, ronald van tienhoven, 2010 (amsterdam, 2011). eines von 1000 numerierten und von aegerter signierten exemplaren. aegerter and van tienhoven took the travel report sad tropics (1955) by the french anthropologist claude lèvi-strauss as their subject and the 63 photographs of indigenous cultures in brazil contained therein were recreated together with the villagers and collected in a new book. 'an artistbook consisting of a facsimile consisting of the photographic supplement of the book tristes tropiques (1955) by the french cultural anthropologist claude lévi-strauss. this supplement, illustrations hors texte, counts a numbered index with descriptions and 63 black and white photos. all sixty-three original illustrations in the book were meticulously remade with a group of beeterzwaag residents who reenacted lévi-strauss’ photographs in their own surroundings. aëgerter and van tienhoven recreated the french anthropologist’s intimate and revealing photographs of indian tribes in brazil. by means of this form of ‘counter exploration’ through space and time the artists emphasize the continuity of human expression and cultural exchange.'(ed. filigranes). sehr gutes exemplar/ very good copy. 978-2-35046-224-0.