poesia visuale = poésie visuelle = poesia visuale = visuelle poesie = visual poetry
Innsbruck: Allerheiligenpresse, 1968. First edition of 300, of which this is no. 7. 22.5 x 22.5 cm. One folded and one single offset printed sheet alongside 17 loose plates silk screened in black on verso on white card stock housed in a black card stock three-panel folder also silk screened in black. Text in German.
Exhibition catalogue in the form of loose silk screened plates issued on the occasion of this 1968 traveling concrete poetry exhibition held in Karlsruhe, Alpbach, Innsbruck, and Vienna. With contributions by Friedrich Achleitner, Carlo Belloli, Claus Bremer, Haroldo de Campos, Heinz Gappmayr, Eugen Gomringer, Josef Hirsal, Décio Pignatari, Gerhard Rühm, and Pedro Xisto. Includes a foreword by Dr. Siegfried J. Schmidt, and a short biography of each contributing artist by art historian Peter Weiermair.
Plates very good with trace amounts of rubbing, age toning, and bumps to corners. Three-panel folder with surface rubbing and wear along margins, including a small closed tear along left margin, else very good. Item #1009
Price: $250.00