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Kaldewey-Presse, Dusseldorf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. [Metal binding] Oblong folio, 16 x 43cm. Extremely limited edition of only 30 copies in German and 30 copies in English. Bound in publisher's polished aluminum covers with steel hinges. 14 leaves printed on aluminum with various colored paint applied to indicate movement of the clouds. Laid in is a folding sheet of clear parchment titled "The Cloud Performance" published in New York, 1987 which contains an English translation of the work. Signed by Kaldewey and the composer Bun-Ching Lam. Held in the publisher's gray cloth clamshell case. Front corners of the case have a small bump.
Wolken by Kaldewey, Gunnar - 1982
by Kaldewey, Gunnar
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Wolken
by Kaldewey, Gunnar
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Dusseldorf & New York: Kaldewey Press, 1982. Oblong folio, aluminum binding with steel hinges , contained in a gray silk folding box. Fine. One of 30 copies in German of an edition of 60. Laid in is a folding sheet of clear parchment titled "The Cloud Performance" published in New York in 1987 which gives an English translation of the work and is signed by Kaldewey and the composer bun-Ching Lam. Fourteen leaves printed on aluminum with variously colored paint applied to indicate movements of the clouds. Text hand-printed in blue along the top borders of the leaves. A cooly elegant production.. Aluminum. Fine. Oblong Folio.
- Bookseller Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Kaldewey Press
- Place of Publication Dusseldorf & New York
- Date Published 1982
- Keywords Kaldewey, Kaldewey Press, Modern Illustrated Books, Bun-Ching Lam
- Size Oblong Folio
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Wolken
by Gunnar A. Kaldewey
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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Wolken (Clouds), by Gunnar Kaldewey and Bun-Ching Lam
by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam
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- Used
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(Düsseldorf: Kaldewey Press, 1982. Kaldewey, Gunnar. Thin oblong folio. (26)pp. From an edition of 60, this is one of thirty in German. Each leaf is printed on thin aluminum with illustrations of clouds, the letterpress text printed in blue above the clouds. This innovative and effective conjunction of images and words is presented in a highly sophisticated manner, using wafer-thin aluminum sheets to evoke the lightness and tone of cloudy sky, colored with tints for effect. Bound by Christian Zwang of Hamburg in aluminum boards with a stainless steel hinge. A very fine copy in publisher's gray cloth dropback box. Laid in is a folding sheet of clear parchment titled "The Cloud Performance" published in New York in 1987 which gives an English translation of the work and is signed by Kaldewey and the composer Bun-Ching Lam. (von Lucius, pp. 58-61).
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