Concrete poetry
Poême-Pancarte / Paradis
Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964. Broadside measuring 57.2 x 44.2 cm (22.5 x 17.4") printed in blue and green ink on cream paper. Text in French. An elegant work of concrete poetry declaring paradise is within reach in either direction. The phrase along the bottom roughly translates to ‘Follow until...
worterotik
Berlin: Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, 1971. Square softcover 12mo in black and red covers with red endpapers also printed in black and red. 36 pp. Text in German. A small book of German poems by Aldona designed by the German typographer and graphic designer Christian Chruxin who art directed many books...
Abracadabra Nos. 1–5 (All published)
Luxembourg: Abracadabra & Authors, 1977 – 1981. Softcover 8vos in saddle-stapled wraps, offset printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Text mostly in English, with some in French, Italian, and Dutch. A complete and collated run of this seminal Italian publication published in Luxembourg featuring a cross pollination of some of...
Diagonal Cero Nº. 23, Setiembre 1967
La Plata: Diagonal Cero, 1967. Die cut 19,7 x 24,2 cm (7.75 x 9.5") card stock folder printed in red and black ink containing seven unbound and twice-folded 17,5 x 22,8 cm (6.9 x 9") leaves, one of which has an added die cut and folded sheet. Text in Spanish...
M.A.F.: Manifestazione Artistiche Fiorentini / “I TIGLI” – 1971
Firenze: Edizione “Techne”, 1971. Perfect bound tall 4to in matte black die cut wraps, with title page printed in pink and black, endpapers and chapter divider pages printed in silver on black paper, and pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (ca. 150 pp.) Text in Italian. An illustrated survey...
poema azul e branco
Portugal: Np, 1970. Printed envelope 18 x 19 cm (7.1 x 7.5") in size with a round die cut 7 cm (2.75") window containing two folded sheets of paper that are blue on one side and white on the other. Text in Portuguese. A visual poem by the Portuguese avant-garde...
poema vermelho e branco
Portugal: Np, 1971. Printed envelope 18 x 19 cm (7.1 x 7.5") in size with a round die cut 7 cm (2.75") window containing three folded sheets of paper that are red on one side and white on the other. Text in Portuguese. A visual poem by the Portuguese avant-garde...
Cadernos de hoje: Poesia Experimental No. 2 (Complete)
Lisboa: Edições do Autor, 1966. Narrow 4to cardboard folder silkscreened in orange, black, and silver containing thirteen sheets letter pressed in black and white and folded into thirds, a title card letter pressed in black on verso with a list of participating artists thermography printed in dark gray on recto...
gronk number 3: dalevy issue
(Toronto): (Ganglia Press), 1967. Side-stapled 4to printed in black on recto and verso on cream stock. Unpaginated (16 pp.) Housed inside a folded two-panel yellow card stock cover printed in black on recto and verso. A special issue of Gronk devoted to d. a. levy with essays and visual poetry...
Concrete Poetry: An Exhibition in Four Parts
Vancouver, BC: The Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1969. First edition. Large three-panel 4to-sized folder printed in black and white containing a green, blue, and orange folder with a trifold printed in black and white on recto and verso, a folded poster printed in black and white on...
Fleece
Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, (1966). Broadside measuring 45.2 x 58.2 cm (17.8 x 22.9") printed in green and purple ink on white stock. A concrete poem with a flag-like nature by Bann designed by Alistar Cant. One in a series of broadsides published by the prolific Scottish concrete poet Ian...
Metaphor and Motif
Nottingham: Midland Group Gallery, 1972. Saddle-stapled large 8vo in printed wrappers printed in black and white, with two pages printed in black and red. Unpaginated (28 pp.) Catalog issued on the occasion of Tarasque Press’ concrete poetry exhibition titled ‘Metaphor and Motif’. With an introduction by Bann, and in-depth essays...
Artes Hispanicas / Hispanic Arts: Volume 1 Number 3 & 4
Richmond, VA: The Macmillan Company for Indiana University Press, 1968. Perfect bound softcover 4to in illustrated wraps, with pages printed in black and white, some plates in color, and one tipped in foldout. 312 pp. A comprehensive and globally focused survey of concrete poetry with contributions by Augusto and Haroldo...
Come On
Belgium: Imschoot, 1987. 8vo softcover in pink wrappers and pages with silver text. Unpaginated. A minimalist conceptual two-color artists’ book in which Barry explores poetic silver phrases on pink pages. The phrases are printed in various locations on each spread forcing the reader to consider three-dimensional space as part of...
It is … it isn’t …
Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1972. 8vo in white softcover wraps printed in black and white. Unpaginated. A conceptual artists’ book consisting of two halves, where the first half explores adjectives that may be, and the second adjectives that may not be. The minimalistic layout, typeset in Helvetica, features a single adjective...
gedichte aus dem irrenhaus
Berlin: Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, 1970. Square softcover 12mo in black and gray covers with light gray endpapers also printed in black and gray. 34 pp. Text in German. A small book of German texts and two concrete poems by Bense designed by the German typographer and graphic designer Christian Chruxin...
rot: 9, 10, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Stuttgart: Edition Rot, 1960’s. Edition of 300 or 500. Saddle stapled and perfect bound square 8vos in printed wrappers. Unpaginated. Text in German. Eighteen early issues of the iconic ‘rot’ series, edited by Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, largely devoted to concrete poetry and the exploration of language and letterforms...
Arti visive. Poesia visiva. / Visual Poetry by Women, an International Exhibition in Venice
Roma: Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, 1976. 22 x 16 cm (8.7 x 6.3") folded card stock portfolio containing nineteen loose cards printed in black and white on recto and verso with blue ink to one card, alongside a smaller postcard, an introductory essay, a list of participating artists, and an English...
poesia visiva 3 “poesia concreta”
Milano: studio santandrea, 1977. Edition of 600. Narrow saddle-stapled 8vo in printed wrappers with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (24 pp.) Text in Italian. A catalog issued on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Poesia Visiva’ held at Studio Santandrea in February, 1977 in Milan. Featuring concrete poetry by...
Bertini: La Mecque du Mec
Paris: Galerie de Seine, 1972. Softcover 8vo in pictorial wrappers with pages printed in black and white, some plates in color. 64 pp. Text in French. Catalog issued on the occasion of Bertini’s 1972 exhibition at Galerie de Seine. Featuring concrete poems, collages, photography, and artwork dissecting the intersection of...
Mec 1971 N° 2 aprile
Milano: MEC, 1971. Square 4to (25 x 23 cm) in saddle-stapled wraps. Unpaginated (24 pp.) Offset printed in green and pink. The second issue of Mec with concrete and visual poetry contributions by Maurizio Spatola, Henri Chopin, Jochen Gerz, Heinz Gappmayr, Ugo Locatelli, J. F. Bory, Clemente Padín, Kitasomo Katué...
essai sur la sculpturale
Paris: Editions Galerie Denise Davy, 1965. Square 8vo in thick wrappers with French fold flaps, printed in black and white on alternating white and red pages, several of which have die cut circles of various sizes. Unpaginated. Text in French. An artists’ book featuring hand drawn letterforms and images of...
Reprenons la ponctuation a zéro (0)
Np: Collection Xeros 2600/Éditions Nepe, Nd. Saddle-stapled 4to in printed wrappers. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Text in French. A Xerox-influenced work of concrete poetry with a title that translates into ‘Let punctuation have zero (0)’ which features enlarged details of punctuation, beginning with a period, followed by a colon, ellipse, exclamation...