oslikovljena rijec/the word image/separat offprint
Zagreb: Galerije grada Zagreba, 1969. Softcover 4to in glossy card stock wrappers printed in pink and black. Pages printed in black on matte and glossy stock, including one sheet on transparent vellum. 70 + 4 pp. Parallel text in Serbo-Croatian and English.
A ‘separat offprint’ edition that originally appeared as the first chapter in ‘bit INTERNATIONAL no. 5–6.’ Includes essays on the history and evolution of typography, design, and visual and concrete poetry. Edited by Vera Horvat-Pintaric and designed by Ivan Picelj, a founding member of the New Tendencies movement, which organized multiple international exhibitions, gatherings, and symposiums in Zagreb to create a platform for artists and scientists worldwide to exchange ideas, theories, and practices. Illustrated throughout with contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire, Herbert Bayer, Claus Bremer, Augusto de Campos, A. M. Cassandre, Ken Cox, Wim Crouwel, Theo van Doesburg, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Karl Gerstner, Mathias Goeritz, Eugen Gomringer, Kitasono Katué, Markus Kutter, El Lissitzky, Arrigo Lora-Totino, Herb Lubalin, Stéphane Mallarmé, F. T. Marinetti, Hansjörg Mayer, Franz Mon, Bruno Munari, Ladislav Novák, Francis Picabia, Diter Rot, Kurt Schwitters, Herbert Spencer, Timm Ulrichs, and Paul De Vree, among others.
Artifact Vibration Standard Score: 7.7.
Age toning throughout, including rubbing and areas of darkening at cover. Very good.
[TIOTB Catalog 6 item 1e.]. Item 1242.
Price: $250.00