BOOKS AND BOOKENDS
Théophile Calot, director of the Delpire & Co bookshop (Paris), is transforming the museum’s new library space with the exhibition Books and Bookends, which pays tribute to a fascinating object: the bookend. For this occasion, artisans and designers Elvire Bonduelle, Dieudonné Cartier, Atelier Jonathan Cohen, Cléo Charuet, Nathalie Dewez, Atelier Laisser Passer, Louis Lefebvre, Jeanne Tresvaux Du Fraval and Laure Gremion reveal their original creations in dialogue with a selection of books from the MBAL collection.
Each of these pieces is unique or produced in very small series using traditional methods and a wide variety of materials: ceramic, metal, stone or recycled materials. They mainly function in pairs but can also stand alone as sculptures.
