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Wolken (Clouds) by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam - 1982

by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam

Wolken (Clouds) by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam - 1982

Wolken (Clouds)

by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam

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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).
  • Bookseller Bromer Booksellers US (US)
  • Illustrator Kaldewey, Gunnar
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  • Publisher Kaldewey Press
  • Place of Publication (Düsseldorf
  • Date Published 1982
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Images, by Gunnar Kaldewey and Bun-Ching Lam

by Kaldewey, Gunnar and Bun-Ching Lam

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Postenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1992. Kaldewey, Gunnar. Folio. 20pp. One of seven copies, the smallest limitation of the Press. Images pulped into the paper show the outline of a face in red and, in blue, the Chinese name of Bun-Ching Lam. The accompanying text is a short, but poetic, statement about the persistent growing of trees. As stated in the colophon, the edition was meant to have been bound by Jean de Gonet, who suffered a motorcycle accident and could not complete the project. Instead, the sheets are held loosely inside paper covers, themselves held inside ground aluminum covers, backed in pink leather, and with a glass doll's eye over each rivet. Held in chemise and slipcase. Fine. (von Lucius, pp. 64-65).
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