[CONCRETE POETRY PORTFOLIO] Konkrete poezie uit Tsjechoslowakije [Concrete poetry from Czechoslovakia]

A striking suite of twelve sheets of concrete poetry works, published in Amsterdam during the period of Normalization in communist-ruled Czechoslovakia, when concrete poetry was often difficult to publish. The portfolio showcases the work of eleven Czech poets and artists, among them such leading lights of Czech concrete poetry as Bohumila Grögerová, Jiří Kolář, Josef Hiršal, and Jiří Valoch, as well as lesser known artists (in the West) as Dana Konecňá and Josef Honys.

List of contents:

Bohumila Grögerová: sobectví hádka
Josef Hiršal: 4444
Josef Honys: buchstabentypogramm
Jiří Kolář: brancusi
Dana Konecňá: bei
Karel Milota: the living man. the dead man
Ladislav Nebeský: elipsa
Ladislav Novák: gloria
Jindřich Procházka: 11 x häftlinge
Karel Trinkewitz: yvonne láska
Jiří Valoch: -- (untitled)
Jiří Valoch: m:erde

A variant in purple card wrappers is also known.

As of July 2023, KVK, OCLC show three holdings in North America. A striking suite of twelve sheets of concrete poetry works, published in Amsterdam during the period of Normalization in communist-ruled Czechoslovakia, when concrete poetry was often difficult to publish. The portfolio showcases the work of eleven Czech poets and artists, among them such leading lights of Czech concrete poetry as Bohumila Grögerová, Jiří Kolář, Josef Hiršal, and Jiří Valoch, as well as lesser known artists (in the West) as Dana Konecňá and Josef Honys.

List of contents:

Bohumila Grögerová: sobectví hádka
Josef Hiršal: 4444
Josef Honys: buchstabentypogramm
Jiří Kolář: brancusi
Dana Konecňá: bei
Karel Milota: the living man. the dead man
Ladislav Nebeský: elipsa
Ladislav Novák: gloria
Jindřich Procházka: 11 x häftlinge
Karel Trinkewitz: yvonne láska
Jiří Valoch: -- (untitled)
Jiří Valoch: m:erde

A variant in purple card wrappers is also known.

As of July 2023, KVK, OCLC show three holdings in North America.