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VISUELLE POESIE: IDEOGRAMME, KONSTELLATIONEN, DIALEKTGEDICHTE, PALINDROME, TYPOGRAMME, PICTOGRAMME. 1972. EDITED BY EUGEN GOMRINGER.

paul robertson — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:52:53 +0000

Hamburg: 3. Ausstellung im Haus Deutscher Ring, 1972 21 x 21cm, 18pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a significant exhibition of visual poetry which was curated and edited by Eugen Gomringer with reproductions of works by Eugen Gomringer, Claus Bremer, Ernst Jandl, Ferdinand Kriwet, Hansjorg Mayer, Franz Mon, Diter Rot, Ditier Roth, Gerhard Ruhm, Daniel Spoerri, Andre Thomkins, Timm Ulrichs, Oswald Wiener and others. Texts by Max Bense, F.T. Marinetti and Gomringer, VG+. Scarce.

UNTITLED. 1964. THE NINTH PUBLICATION OF THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS.

paul robertson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:09:04 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964 55 x 43cm, red and black silkscreen. Concrete poem typical of Kriwet's style of overlapping text to make larger patterned images. One of 300 such prints made. This was the ninth publication of the press (if one does not take in account the early POTHs). This has a number of horizontal handling creases that could be ironed out with care - see photograph - priced thus. Murray has this as 1.9.

INTERPRETATION EINER RUNDSCHEIBE. 1966.

paul robertson — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:03:54 +0000

Berlin:Edition ET, 1966 23.3 x 23.3cm, 1pp b/w offset on card print. Issued unsigned in an unknoown edition size. VG+.

FLUXUS ANTHOLOGY. 60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 1962 – 2022. 2022. ONE OF 80 NUMBERED EXAMPLES IN WOODEN BOX. SLOWSCAN NR 52.

paul robertson — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:35:29 +0000

S' hertogenbosch: Slowcan Editions, 2022 59 x 16.5 x 4.5cm, two part hinged custom wooden box with silkscreen title content of 10 different standard audio cassettes in plastic boxes and with four 28.5 x 15.5 1pp paper inserts with information about the recordings and reproducing a score by George Brecht "Comb Music". A deluxe production with rare or unpublished recordings by Ay-o, Jean Dupuy, Robert Filliou, Joe Jones, Emmett Williams, Richard Maxfield, Ferdinand Kriwet, Carolee Schneemann, Allan Kaprow, Charlotte Moorman, David Tudor and others. The recordings are a mix of interviews, sound poetry, music and experimental recordings. This is one of only 80 such boxes. Mint and unplayed. It went out of print almost immediately.

JA, MAMA, DAS MACHEN WIR BIEN MAMAN, ON VA FAIRE CA. 1962. PROGRAMME.

paul robertson — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:52:16 +0000

Ulm: Ulmer Theater, 1962 21 x 20cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). The programme for a series of plays by artists and dramaturges including Daniel Spoerri (Ja, Mama, das Machen wir), Eugene Ionesco (Das Heiratsfahige madchen), Ferdinand Kriwet (Offen), Gerhard Ruhm (Gehen), Paul Portner (Drei) as well as a short text by each (Kriwet's is more extensive). The introduction of such work was mainly due to the influence of Claus Bremer who was attached to the Ulmer Theater for the period 1960 - 1962. Typographic design. The important documentation of an early theatre work by Spoerri and others. VG+.

KRIWET 1 – 401. 2012.

paul robertson — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:24:57 +0000

Koln: Stefan Schueike Fine Books, 2012 23 x 16cm, unpaginated plus card covers and printed dustjacket. A catalogue raisonne of works by the visual poet - 400 are listed with small images in colour for each. A very useful research tool. VG+.

KRIWET BIBLOGRAPHIE. 2012.

paul robertson — Thu, 12 May 2022 14:57:46 +0000

Koln: Stefan Schueike Fine Books, 2012 84 x 60cm, grey and red on semi-transparent paper with a design by Krewit overlaid with his enlarged signature. A show of his bookworks and launch of a catalogue raisonne. VG+.

BUTTON (YEAHIGGLEDYEAH). 1967. ONE OF 100 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

paul robertson — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:49:10 +0000

N.p. : s.p. (Kriwet), n.d. (1967) 69.5 x 69.5cm, florescent pink, yellow and green and black silkscreen on thick paper. One of 100 such works -each of which is signed and numbered by the artist in paper. Slight handling creases and minor surface abrasions to the image but overall VG+. Scarce early visual poem.

HOMMAGE AN FERDINAND KRIWET. 2019.

paul robertson — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:56:03 +0000

Dusseldorf: Antiquariat Querido, 2019 9.5 x 9.5cm, 2pp announcement card with one work reproduced on front, verso gallery details. VG+

STRATEGY GET ARTS. 1970. FIRST EDITION.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:01:36 +0000

Edinburgh: Demarco Gallery, 1970

First edition. 43 x 29cm, 44 pp plus outer cover. Stapled. The catalogue for the exhibition of Dusseldorf Artists during the 1973 Edinburgh International Festival with original contributions by Beuys, Brecht, Filliou, Knoebel, Palermo, Polke, Richter, Rinke, Roth, Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Walther and many others in this important vanguard publication.

The (unwieldy) title by Thomkins was chosen because of its palindromic character.

Noted as an artist's book in both Polke's (nr 13) and Richter's catalogue raisonnes the truth is that neither had anything to do with the design of the publication which was entirely created locally from supplied photographs by an Edinburgh designer who worked for the printers, the Lutton Press - nonetheless this exhibition and publication is also notable for it being Beuys' first British exhibition. The cover of this publication is somewhat marked and browned with possible nascent foxing and the staples a little rusted but internally this is VG+.

A scarce document which was later reprinted by Demarco to try to cash in on its scarcity.

WORTLAUT. KONZEPTE ZWISCHEN VISUELLER POESIE UND FLUXUS. 1989.

paul robertson — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:45:16 +0000

Koln: Galerie Schuppenhauer, 1989 10 x 2w1cm, 2pp typographic design for a visual poetry and Fluxus show with contributions from Beuys, George Brecht, Joa Brossa, John Cage, Henry Chopin, Jean Dupuy, Henry Flynt, AL HAnsen, Dick Higgins, Hannah Hoch, dsm (Dom Sylvester Houedard), Ernst Jandl, Ray Johnson, Kazou Katase, Alison Knowles, Jiri Kolar, Ferdinand Kriwet, La Monte Young, Franz Mon, Charlottte Moorman, Vik Muniz, Ladislav Novak, Jurgen O. Olbrich, Nam June Paik, ben Patterson, Gerhard Ruhm, Andre Thomkins, Endre Tot, Ben Vautier, Jacques de La Villegle, Emmett WIlliams and others. VG+.

POEM/PRINT. 1964. THE NINTH PUBLICATION OF FINLAY’S WILD HAWTHORN PRESS.

paul robertson — Thu, 28 May 2020 14:35:56 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964 55 x 43cm, red and black silkscreen. Concrete poem typical of Kriwet's style of overlapping text to make larger patterned images. One of 300 such prints made. This was the ninth publication of the press (if one does not take in account the early POTHs). Some mild browning and edge wear else VG. Murray has this as 1.9.