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A red risographed book spread. The left page is a flyer for a clowning event and the right is a calendar printed on grid paper.

Grrr

Guillermo Deisler, 2019.
 
Facsimile reissue of Guillermo Deisler’s artists’ book made in Antofagasta (Chile) in 1969, under the eaves of Ediciones Mimbre (1963-1973).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

A  facsimile of a page from one Basquiat's notebooks. This spread includes a class program on the left page and a hand-written journal entry on the right with some of the text scratched out with red ink. The pages are coffee stained.

The Notebooks

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2015.
 
From 1980 to 1987, Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat filled numerous working notebooks with drawings and handwritten texts. This facsimile edition reproduces the pages of eight of these fascinating and rarely seen notebooks for the first time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

A yellow slipcover featuring the books' title typed out in different directions using various fonts. The three booklets housed in the slipcase are peaking out.

For the Voice

Vladimir Mayakovsky & El Lissitzky, 2000.
 
For the Voice, first published in 1923, has long been recognized as one of the finest achievements of Russian avant-garde bookmaking. The book was inspired by the "new optics," where ideas are given form through printed letters, turning them into pictorial signs. This three-volume slipcased set consists of a facsimile volume that is faithful to the original in size, color, weight, and paper quality.                                                                                                

A facsimile of one of Raetz' sketchbook pages. Includes simple drawings of faces with handwritten captions and notes.

Notizen 1981-82

Markus Raetz, 1982.
 
Facsimile print of six notebooks with a portrait of the author drawn by Rainer Pretzell. Primarily includes the Raetz' sketches.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        


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