EINSTELLUNGSGESPRACH. ROMAN. 1994. WITH A DEDICATION DRAWING BY KIPPENBERGER

N.p.: s.p. Herbet Fuchs, 1994
21 x 13.8 cm, 48pp with white card wrappers – an artist’s book which was one of those associated with the Kippenberger installation “The Happy End of Kafka’s Amerkia”. That installation took the motif of a the job interview as its metaphor (and displayed chairs and tables for the imaginary meetings in Rotterdam) and a number of artist’s books were encouraged by Kippenberger to be released as part of that exhibition. This is described as a “somewhat confusing, associative, occasionally surreal novel” in German. Edition size unknown given it was probably priviately published. This example is additionally graced with a drawing in blue in on the frontispiece dedicated to Kippenberger’s “rival in love” Tony Hunt of one of the pieces of furniture in the exhibition along with the text “deckt auf Sexgangster mitten unter uns!/TONY” which means “we have found a sex gangster amongst us!” and either a date or initials bottom right (as with Kippneberger’s writing hard to read). On the inside back cover there is also the text: “JUST IMAGINE” in English also in blue fountain pen ink. Purchased from Tony Hunt directly. Fine and unique. Kippenberger Books (Koch) Nr 134.