‘Peter i Pierre. Peter Bramsen i Pierre Alechinsky — 40 years of artistic friendship’
year of publication: 2007
size: 17,5 × 24,7 cm
volume: 184 pages
binding: hardcover
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language: Polish
publisher: Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris
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Peter Bramsen and Pierre Alechinsky — 40 years of artistic friendship The exhibition Peter & Pierre includes 160 lithographs by Alechinsky. All of them were made at the Atelier Clot, Bramsen & Georges in Paris. The collaboration...
“(…) Pierre, Peter, a rock — it had all been going around in my head for a long time, until I went for a trip once and found a Bible in French on a bedside table in my hotel room. Although I wasn't looking for anything in particular, I came across this sentence: 'And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ' (pierre also means rock in French — ed.) Naturally, 'building a church' has always been out of question. I didn't at all have such ambitions. I only meant to use this noble material, that is a lithographic stone, to build a firm friendship, which has lasted for forty years, and we are both really proud of that.”
by Peter Bramsen (collected by Valère Bertrand)
fragment of the book, pp. 25-26
