1960s
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futura 18: six odes conretes a la picardie
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1967. First edition of 1,200. Folded 16 x 24 cm broadside, which unfolds to 64 x 48 cm, letter pressed in black on recto side only. Text in French and German. Issue no. 18 in the ‘futura’ broadside series published by Hansjörg Mayer 1965–1968. This one.....
fruend friends freunde und freunde
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1969. First edition. Softcover 8vo in gray wrappers with French fold signatures printed on yellow, pink, and green paper. Unpaginated. Text in German. A collaborative artists’ book between Karl Gerstner, Diter Rot, Daniel Spoerri and André Thomkins with each artist getting their own section on a......
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.....
Play-Texts 1
Paris: Agentzia, 1968. Sealed 21.5 x 27 cm (8.5 x10.6") vinyl sleeve printed in one color containing loose black vinyl letters. Text in German. A concrete poetry multiple in the form of a sealed vinyl bag containing small moveable black letters and a printed poem that explores the vastness of.....
Play-Texts 2
Paris: Agentzia, 1968. Sealed 21.5 x 22.2 cm (8.5 x 8.75") vinyl sleeve containing die cut paper disc printed in one color and loose black vinyl letters. A concrete poetry multiple in the form of a sealed vinyl bag containing small moveable black letters that explores the fluidity of time.....
Nuevas Tendencias: poesía, música, cine
Madrid: Institutos Alemanes en España, 1967. Single sheet of card stock folded once to make 4 pp. 8vo pamphlet. Text in Spanish. Very good with trace amounts of toning and rubbing to outside covers, including two faint stains at lower half. Program for the experimental poetry exhibition titled ‘letras texto.....
konkrete poesie = poesia concreta 7: livro-poema
frauenfeld schweiz: verlag herausgeber eugen gomringer press, 1965. First edition. Saddle-stapled softcover 8vo in publisher’s wrappers printed in red and black on red paper, with pages printed in black on newsprint which has been die cut to various sizes. Unpaginated (20 pp.) Text in German and Portuguese. Seventh of eleven.....
konkrete poesie = poesia concreta nos. 1–11 (all published)
frauenfeld schweiz: verlag herausgeber eugen gomringer press, (1960–1964). First edition. Eleven saddle-stapled softcover 8vos of the same size in publisher’s wrappers printed in red and black on red paper and pages printed in black on high acidity paper. Unpaginated with varying page counts. Text in mostly in German, some Portuguese.....
texto letras imagenes
Madrid: Institutos Alemanes en España, 1967. Small square 4to in softcover wraps with a strip cloth spine and French fold signatures printed in black and white. Unpaginated (24 pp.) Text in Spanish, some in German and English. Catalog for a 1967 concrete poetry exhibition in Spain featuring a selection of.....
letras texto imágenes: poesía experimental estudios y teoría
Madrid: Instituto Alemán de Madrid y Cooperativa de Producción Artística, 1968. Softcover. Softcover 8vo in printed wrappers. With pages printed in black and white. 88 pp. Text in Spanish, some German and English. A book of essays on the topic of concrete and visual poetry by Eugen Gomringer and Reinhard.....
slovo, písmo, akce, hlas: k estetice kultury technického veku [word, font, action, voice: the culture of aesthetics in the age of technology]
prague: ceskoslovenský spisovatel, 1967. First edition. Softcover 8vo in laminated pictorial wrappers with folded flaps printed in black and orange, and pages printed in black. 249 + 5 pp. Text in Czech.Literary anthology edited and translated into Czech by Bohumila Grögerová and Josef Hirsal on the impact of technology as.....
plakat 5: fauve poem
rooksmoor house, woodchester, glos. openings press, 1966. First edition. Single sheet 20.3 x 26 cm (8 x 10.25") in size printed in blue and gray on card stock on recto side. The fifth issue in the Plakat broadside series from Openings Press in Woodchester Gloucestershire, founded by John Furnival and.....
rot 5: haiku hiroshima
Stuttgart: Verlag der Augenblick, 1961. First edition. Square 8vo issued as a ten-panel vertical leporello with covers printed in red and black, and panels printed in black and white. Unpaginated (10 pp.) Text in German. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Issue no. 5 in the Rot series edited by.....
rot 5: haiku hiroshima
Stuttgart: Verlag der Augenblick, 1961. First edition. Square 8vo issued as a ten-panel vertical leporello with covers printed in red and black, and panels printed in black and white. Unpaginated [10 pp.] Text in German. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Issue no. 5 in the Rot series edited by.....
rot 36: vorlesungen uber die ästhetik
Stuttgart: Edition Rot, 1968. First edition. Softcover square 8vo in wrappers printed in red and black bound in a strip cloth spine. With French fold signatures printed in black and white. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Text in German. Issue no. 36 in the Rot series edited by Max Bense and Elisabeth.....
Twelve zaj publications in two envelopes mailed by Juan Hidalgo
Madrid: el grupo zaj, 1968–1970. First edition. Twelve items of various sizes and formats, printed in various colors on varying paper types. Housed inside their two larger original mailing envelopes dated March 1968 and March 1970, respectively. Three items inside two smaller envelopes. With each mailing envelope bearing Juan Hidalgo’s.....
BOJ JOB JOB BOJ (JOB-FIGHT)
Prague: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1968. First edition. Square softcover 8vo in plain black wrappers laid inside a slightly oversized dust jacket printed in gray, black, and green. 135 pp. Text mostly in Czech, some German and English. Artists’ book by the Czech couple Josef Hirsal and Bohumila Grögerová featuring a collection.....
experimentální poezie
Prague: Odeon, 1967. Square hardcover 8vo in white cloth foil stamped in black and green at front cover and spine. With pages printed in black and green, including a foldout panel affixed to rear endpaper. Housed in dust jacket printed in black and green. 265 pp. Text mostly in Czech.....
edition et no. 2
Berlin: Verlag Christian Grützmacher, 1966. Folded cardboard slipcase with fifty loose plates, 23 x 23 cm (9 x 9") in size, some of which are two- or three-panels and offset printed in color and black and white on card stock. Text in German and English. Plates very good with age.....
edition et no. 1
Berlin: Verlag Christian Grützmacher, 1966. 23 x 23 cm (9 x 9") cardboard slipcase with forty-one loose plates of the same size, some of which are two or three-panel, offset printed and silk screened in color and black and white on card stock with two plates printed on vellum. The.....
Die seltsame Spiegelgasse in Zürich
Basel: Basilius Presse, 1966. Leporello. Tall leporello 8vo in boards printed in black and blue. Panels printed in black and white on recto side only. 36 panels. Text in German. Expansive artists’ book by Warja Honegger-Lavater featuring hand drawn portraits, abstract shapes, and two hidden panels. Includes texts by Marcel.....
Marcel Duchamp: A Retrospective
Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum, 1963. Saddle-stapled softcover 4to laid inside clear mylar wraps printed in red, with pages printed in color and black and white, with several tipped in images. Unpaginated. Catalog issued on the occasion of Duchamp’s 1963 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Center. Featuring several tipped in images.....
bit INTERNATIONAL 5–6: oslikovljena rijec, the word image, konkretna poezija, poésie concrète
Zagreb: Galerije grada Zagreba, 1969. First edition. Softcover 4to in pictorial wrappers printed in pink and black, with pages printed in black on matte and glossy stock, including two sheets on transparent vellum. 145 + 3 pp. Parallel text in Serbo-Croatian and alternating English, French, and German.Issue no. 5–6 of.....