Visual Poetry

Verlag Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. Signed and limited edition artist book, numbered 20 from an edition of 30 that were issued with an original, separately signed collage of the concrete poetry artist's work. (150 were in the edition issued without an original collage) Die cut pages, in the shape of a coffin or piano are softbound with black paper covers with blind stamped title. Unpaginated with no text, other than the images that are composed of collages of printed text. Book is in excellent, fine condition. Original collage is composed of many strips of pages from a book has been mounted by the artist in a non-archival mat that is yellowing at the edges and inside the window. The collage is signed and dated by the artist lightly in pencil beneath the center of the window of the mat. Both book and matted collage are wrapped in a thin black paper case that shows some wear consistent with age, but no tears or losses..