Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard (Broodthaers)

Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard (A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance) is an artist's book by Marcel Broodthaers published November 1969 in Antwerp.

'[6] Un Coup de Dés would become the most famous instance of Broodthaers' interest in setting up a contradiction between the written word and a visual image 'to the profit of the subject.

'[8] As for the idea of establishing a direct relationship between literature and the plastic arts, I'm afraid I have done so by taking as a subject A Throw Of The Dice, by Mallarmé !!!

— Broodthaers[9] Mallarmé had written the poem in 1897 and left copious notes as to how it should be typeset, instructions that were finally carried out 16 years after his death, in 1914.

'[12] A series of metal plates, made of anodised aluminium, engraved with black impressions standing in for the text, were hung on the wall whilst a recording of Broodthaers reciting the poem was played continuously for the duration of the exhibition.

The book, like Broodthaers' work in general, has gradually grown in stature since his death in 1976,[14] and has found its way into a number of important collections, including MOMA, V&A, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.