MAIL-ART WORKSHOP ARTCORE GALLERY ’86
BERLIN: ARTCORE EDITIONS, 1986. First edition of 100, of which this is no. 68. Softcover 8vo in gray wrappers printed in black, with pages printed in black or varying colors on varying paper stock. Includes two gatefolds, one of which is die cut, rubberstamps, and several tipped in items, including a small photo, stickers, collage elements, and a stapled in flattened drinking straw. Unpaginated [ca. 54 pp.] Text mostly in German, some English.
Artists’ book published on the occasion of this ‘MAIL ART KONGRESS’ held in Berlin August 2–10, 1986, three years before the reunification of Germany. The printed program states that each artist would produce a hundred examples of their contribution comprising the edition of this book, and that upon participation would receive an example of the book. Furthermore, the program states that ‘Everything is permitted, and will not be censored.’ Includes mail art, stamp art, Xerox art, and art by Monty Cantsin, Ulli Kattenstroth, Elamraoul Khalid, Argadi Zanlar, Manuela Mangold, Graf Haufen, Andrej Skrbinek, Andreas Degener, Ahmed Borai, Peter Ouart, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Chuck Stake, W. Toogood, Fritz Balthaus, Volker Hamann, Änis Grönland, Manuela Mangold, Aryo Galaverna, Thomas Richter, A. S. Cantsin, Wolf von Pfeffer, Markus Lau, Ulf Mailänder, Maike Lef, Marc Mer, Fritz Balthaus, Ines Ruf, and Christa Strickmann. A few artists have more than one contribution, some of which are collaborative between two or more artists. Most of the contributors were from Germany, but also included a few from former Yugoslavia, Austria, and Canada. A delightful assembling magazine and documentation of the international network that is stamp and mail art.
Faint small stain at upper middle of front cover and rubbing to covers, including trace amounts of wear at back cover from the stapled in drinking straw. Very good. Item 1149.
Price: $125.00