POSTVERSAND ROMAN [signed deluxe edition]

Vostell, Wolf, Peter Faecke

Neuwied: Hermann Luchterhand Verlag, n.d. [ca. 1969]. Deluxe edition of 200 numbered and signed examples, of which this is no. 53. Hardcover 4to in thick silver-laminated boards printed in black and bound with two aluminum screw posts. Pages primarily A4 in size, printed in black on white, light gray, pink, or newsprint stock. Includes a large foldout printed on brown kraft paper and a 45 rpm record housed in a sleeve affixed to one of the pages. To which is added a large poster measuring 59 × 84 cm (23.2 × 33 in.), machine-folded four times, and an A4 sheet machine-folded twice, both printed in black on recto and verso on white stock. Primarily unpaginated, with a few select chapters randomly paginated. [228 pp. in total]. Text in German. Signed in black and red marker at rear cover by Faecke and Vostell, respectively, with Vostell’s signature in black over an affixed adhesive bandage, as issued.

A complete example of this collaborative Fluxus mail-order novel in the form of an artists’ book by Peter Faecke and Wolf Vostell, in which the content was individually mailed to subscribers. Contents include a myriad of works, including texts, correspondence, diagrams, sketches, décollages, a 45 rpm record, appropriated photography, and artwork. Accompanying this example is the publisher’s poster and flyer promoting the book.

Artifact Vibration Score: 8.3.

Trace amounts of wear and scuffing to silver boards, including bumps to corners. Pages with age toning, especially the high-acidity newsprint. Very good. Promotional material with trace amounts of age toning. Very good. Item 1284.

Price: $450.00