Based on broodthaers's interpretation, this book examines mallarmé's influence on such seminal figures of modernity as Artaud and Apollinaire, reintrepreting many 20th-century art movements(from cubism to historical avant-garde movements to the art of the seventies), and questions the very idea of modernity. The catalog's contens are highly varies: in addition to an essay by Jean-François Chevrierm the publication includes abundant documentary material, poetry and other literary texts, as well as reproductions of the works from the exhibition.