first edition
1974
by DARBOVEN, Hanne
New York and Turin: Castelli Graphics and Gian Enzo Sperone, 1974. Some discoloration to cream wrappers and spine, with edgewear to rear wrapper and bump to upper corner. Nonetheless, a pleasing copy of a significant work that's uncommon to the trade.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Contents: [135] leaves of facsimile manuscript. An early artist book from Hanne Darboven, where she creates an obsessive structure to rework eighteen days of diary time, employing a series of her transformational techniques (e.g. checksums, U-lines, mirroring, ascension/descension). Text in both German and English.
(Inventory #: 28186)