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Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1966. Edition of 1,200. 16 x 24 cm folded broadside which unfolds to 64 x 48 cm letter pressed in black on recto side only. Text in German. Issue no. 11 in the ‘futura’ series published by Hansjörg Mayer 1965 – 1968 featuring concrete poetry and.....
futura 4: 4 texte
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1965. Edition of 1,200. 16 x 24 cm folded broadside which unfolds to 64 x 48 cm letter pressed in black on recto side only. Text in German. Issue no. 4 in the ‘futura’ series published by Hansjörg Mayer 1965 – 1968 featuring concrete poetry and.....
Laut und Luise Ernst Jandl liest Sprechgedichte
Berlin: Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 1968. 7" vinyl record in illustrated sleeve. Text in German. A sound poetry reading by Jandl, one of the more prolific and influential experimental poets from Austria inside a striking sleeve typeset in Bodoni. Age toning to sleeve including rubbing to both sides, price sticker ghost.....
Is there life on earth?
Paris: Editions Agentzia, 1969. Clear flat vinyl bag 21.9 x 27.8 cm in size with black printed text. An empty bag from Gerz’ 1969 – 1970 performance art piece titled ‘Is there life on earth?’ in which 800 empty bags were mailed to friends, strangers in the Paris phone book.....
visuelle poesie: ideogramme, konstellationen, dialektgedichte, palindrome, typogramme, pictogramme
Hamburg: Haus Deutscher Ring, 1972. 21 x 21 cm small softcover 4to in black, orange, and silver printed wrappers. 18 pp. To which is added a twice folded A4-sized exhibition flyer printed in black, orange, and silver on recto, and black on verso, alongside a 21 x 10,5 cm invitation.....
In the Beginning
Stuttgart: Reflection Press, Nd. 59.5 x 42 cm poster offset printed in blue on recto only. A concrete poem featuring a biblical verse from John 1:1 within the shape of a phallus. Published by Albrecht D. at Reflection Press. A one-inch crease and a small knick along right margin and.....
Arti visive. Poesia visiva. / Visual Poetry by Women, an International Exhibition in Venice
Roma: Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, 1976. 22 x 16 cm (8.7 x 6.3") folded card stock portfolio containing nineteen loose cards printed in black and white on recto and verso with blue ink to one card, alongside a smaller postcard, an introductory essay, a list of participating artists, and an English.....
Reprenons la ponctuation a zéro (0)
Np: Collection Xeros 2600/Éditions Nepe, Nd. Saddle-stapled 4to in printed wrappers. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Text in French. A Xerox-influenced work of concrete poetry with a title that translates into ‘Let punctuation have zero (0)’ which features enlarged details of punctuation, beginning with a period, followed by a colon, ellipse, exclamation.....
Poesia contro — poesie visive 1963 – 1971
Bologna: Underground/A, 1971. Edition of 500. Twenty 16,5 x 11 cm postcards letter pressed in black and white on recto and verso, housed in a die cut folder. Issued as Underground/A No. 4, this set of twenty artists’ postcards created 1963 – 1971 features experimental poetry, photographs, and collages advocating.....
sprechblasen
Neuwied, Berlin: Luchterhand, 1968. First edition. Softcover 8vo in printed purple covers wrapped in publisher’s original clear plastic jacket, with inside pages offset printed in black and white. 96 pp. Text mostly in German, with some in English. Inscribed, signed, and dated by the artist. A handsomely typeset book of.....
“Les absents ont toujours tort” (“The missing are always wrong”)
Middelburg: Podio del mondo per l’arte, 1976. A4 Xeroxed leaflet in black and white with two binder holes punched along the left margin and a rubber-stamped name and address block in red. In French, Dutch, and Italian.An artists’ leaflet featuring an image of an engraved marble plaque in the ground.....
Height Texts + One: 8 Texts + 1
Np: Contexte and Editions Gallery Number 10, 1967. Square 8vo in stiff wrappers. Unpaginated. Text in French. An elegant and striking work of concrete poetry exploring the graphic nature of language and its subsequent breakdown. Through visually dynamic layouts that take advantage of scale, repetition, typography, and fragments of images.....
The Journal for Research on the Visual Media of Language Expression, Volume VIII Number 4, Autumn 1974
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1974. 8vo softcover in offset printed wrappers. An academic journal from MIT with articles and philosophies related to language and concrete poetry. Contributors include I. J. Gelb, Edward Germain, Aaron Marcus, and Robert Kostka. Also included is an excerpt from the essay Towards a Three-Dimensional Pouitry.....
‘2 Lines, 2 Days, 2 Dollars’ / Abstract Drawing
Np: 1961 – 1975. 8.5 x 11" offset printed sheet in black and white on recto and verso. Signed and dated ‘Bern Porter 4/5/75’ in blue ink by the artist on both sides. This unique Porter piece features a found poem from 1965 printed on the recto and an abstract.....
A Valentine for Nöel: Four Variations on a Theme
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1973. One of a 100 limited deluxe copies, this being no. 12. 8vo softcover in plain white paper wrappers with a yellow dust jacket offset printed in black and white. Inside pages printed in black, brown, green, red, and blue. Unpaginated. Inscribed by the artist on.....
:Loss Angeles.
Np: Nd. 4.25 x 5.5" artists’ postcard offset printed on recto on blue card stock with a vertical hand drawn black marker line on verso. A simple yet self-aware concrete poem made of two words. It’s amazing how the addition of a single letter to the name of a city.....
Selected Shorter Poems 1950 – 1970
Stuttgart, London, Reykjavik: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1974. First edition. Large 8vo hardcover in black cloth with silver foil stamping to spine inside a laminated dust jacket. Inside pages printed in black and white with eight plates in color. To which is added a matching clothbound slipcase and a signed print.....
Les Épiphanies
Paris: K Éditeur, 1948. First edition. 8vo softcover in printed red wraps. Inside printed in black and white. 144 pp. Text in all French. One of the most beautiful books ever to come out of France. Designed by Pierre Faucheux, each character in the play has been assigned an icon.....
It is … it isn’t …
Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1972. 8vo in white softcover wraps printed in black and white. Unpaginated. A conceptual artists’ book consisting of two halves, where the first half explores adjectives that may be, and the second adjectives that may not be. The minimalistic layout, typeset in Helvetica, features a single adjective.....
L’Angerie. Visuële Poëzie. with announcement poster for a 1973 reading
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1973. 8vo softcover in printed green wraps with glassine endpapers. Inside pages offset printed in red, brown, green, and yellow with tipped in strings of yarn on one page, and a double-edged razor blade sealed in wax paper on another. Unpaginated. To which is added a......
L’Angerie. Visuële Poëzie.
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1973. 8vo softcover in printed green wraps with glassine endpapers. Inside pages offset printed in red, brown, green, and yellow with tipped in strings of yarn on one page, and a double-edged razor blade sealed in wax paper on another. Unpaginated. Text in Dutch. A profusely.....
Stripsody
Roma/Houston: Arco d’Alibert edizioni d’arte & Kiko Galleries, 1966. First edition. 4to in printed red hardcovers with red cloth strip spine, a white die cut circle pasted onto the cover, and French fold binding. Unpaginated. Inside front and rear covers features two tipped in green envelopes, the first of which.....
Cadernos de hoje: Poesia Experimental No. 2 (Complete)
Lisboa: Edições do Autor, 1966. Narrow 4to cardboard folder silkscreened in orange, black, and silver containing thirteen sheets letter pressed in black and white and folded into thirds, a title card letter pressed in black on verso with a list of participating artists thermography printed in dark gray on recto.....
One Night Stood
New York: Future Press, 1977. First edition of 1,000. Small horizontal 8vo in blue softcover wraps offset printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Through a simple yet powerful combination of eloquently typeset Futura and past tense grammar, this minimalistic piece of fiction documents a one-night stand gone sideways. At times.....