Sophie Calle - L'hotel - Editions de l'étoile 1984

Sophie Calle’s controversial artist’s book is the result of three weeks spent working as a chambermaid in a hotel in Venice in 1981. She tried to construct a narrative of the lives of the guests by examining, itemizing and photographing their personal belongings and the condition the room was left in. The book contains her observations in the form of a surveillance log accompanied by her photographs. First edition

107p - FR - 21x18cm - softcover (laminated black jacket is a little worn, no cut) - great scarce copy