French Schmuck

Mexican artists Martha Hellion and Felipe Ehrenberg moved to England in the wake of the 1968 student movement in Mexico. With the help of David Mayor they eventually founded Beau Geste Press on a farm in Devon. There, they published eight issues of Schmuck between 1972 and 1978 in editions of around 500. They also published numerous artists' books by Ehrenberg and others at the press. The goal of the magazine, and the Beau Geste Press, was to foster international relationships between artists; with Schmuck they dedicated special issues to art from various countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and Iceland.

This is the 6th issue, with numerous illustrations and inserts. Printed in two sections, the cardboard wrappers of the back of one being the front wrappers of the other. The first section was put together by Jean Clarence Lambert and consists of the "Dossier Francais" (with contributions by Robert Filliou, Jean le Gac, Christian Dotremont, Marcel Broodthaers, Christian Boltanski, Alain Fleischer, Jochen Gerz and Emilio Galli) and Lambert's "Le Rachis dans son Ensemble". The second section, the "French Collection", was put together by Mayor and Ehrenberg with contributions from Ben Vautier, Alin Anseeuw, Bernard Anseeuw, Liu Gazes, Henri Chopin, and many others.