The elevator resides in 501

Calle, Sophie (artist,, photographer.). Demoule, Jean-Paul (artist,, photographer.). Behrman de Sinéty, Peter, (translator.). Musée d'Orsay, (host institution.).

Summary: Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle clandestinely explored the then disused Grand Hôtel d'Orsay. She settled in room 501 and proceeded to photograph and collect whatever objects she encountered in the deserted hotel, following in the footsteps of a mysterious former handyman, Oddo. More than 40 years later, room 501 has disappeared from the building: it is just another elevator in the Musée d'Orsay. What happened to room 501 and to Mr. Oddo, the ghosts of Orsay? Exhibition: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (15.03-12.06.2022).

Record details

ISBN: 9782330159481
ISBN: 233015948X
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plan, portraits ; 27 cm + 1 plan (25 x 45 cm, folded to 25 x 15 cm) + 1 leaf (14 x 21 cm) + 4 photographic prints (16 x 18 cm)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Arles : Actes Sud, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from cover. Catalog of an exhibition held at Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, March 15-June 12, 2022.
Language Note:	Text in English; translated from the original French.