Sophie Calle: Série Noire
Encasing found pulp novels in vitrines, Calle recontextualizes lurid paperbacks with a series of questions ruminating on grief. Following formal and thematic motifs present throughout the artist’s oeuvre, Série Noire is textual and investigative–a playful series that knowingly embraces kitsch.
![Color image of a white paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0262-686x900.jpg)
Sophie Calle, Série Noire (No Tears from the Widow), 2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![Color image of a paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0260-691x900.jpg)
Sophie Calle, Série Noire (Tears Are For Angels), 2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![Color image of a black paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0261-687x900.jpg)
Sophie Calle, Série Noire (The Last Goodbye), 2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![A found book reading "Farewell My Lovely" in a white box, with a yellow band of text over the top.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SC-0253-708x900.jpg)
Sophie Calle, Série Noire (Farewell My Lovely), 2020
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 2-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 7 x 21.9 cm], edition of 1
![Color image of a paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0255-688x900.jpg)
Sophie Calle, Série Noire (The Big Sleep), 2020
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![Color image of a white paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0262.jpg?fit=675%2C886&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sophie CalleSérie Noire (No Tears from the Widow)
2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![Color image of a paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0260.jpg?fit=675%2C879&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sophie CalleSérie Noire (Tears Are For Angels)
2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![Color image of a black paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0261.jpg?fit=675%2C884&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sophie CalleSérie Noire (The Last Goodbye)
2021
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP
![A found book reading "Farewell My Lovely" in a white box, with a yellow band of text over the top.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SC-0253.jpg?fit=675%2C858&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sophie CalleSérie Noire (Farewell My Lovely)
2020
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 2-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 7 x 21.9 cm], edition of 1
![Color image of a paperback book, framed in a white box with a yellow banner of text across the glass of the frame](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC-0255.jpg?fit=675%2C883&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sophie CalleSérie Noire (The Big Sleep)
2020
found book and artist’s text in wooden box, 11 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches (overall) [27.9 x 21.9 x 7 cm], edition of 1 + 1 AP