JACQUES MONORY (1924-2018) - STANISLAS RODNANSKI (1927-1981) Victory in the Shadow of Wings, 1975. Series A François Di Dio, Editions du Soleil Noir, Paris. Book object. Suitcase (hitman's suitcase), containing an in-8 volume (paperback) printed on Arches vellum (text by Stanislas Rodnanski), folder printed on the front with a signed Monory silkscreen, a map of Polynesia, 5 serigraphs signed and numbered 35/97 (32 x 39 cm) under a rhodoïd plate, an Arminius HW1G 9 mm alarm revolver, two bullets and a key fixed by a system of magnets, a silver cardboard plate openworked with the shapes of the book and the objects. The whole is pierced by two Winchester bullets fired by the artist. This object book is part of the Soleil Noir collection's Series A (first edition). Edition: 97 copies (for the first edition) Number : 35/97

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