Fredrik averin (3 Ergebnisse)

First printing. (146) pp., 5 x 8 inches. Perfect bound in printed wrappers. Edition of 500 numbered copies. New. The colophon simply describes this work as "39 four-letter poems," but the four-letter words constituting the poems, arranged three words to a spread, are printed with just the vowels (in reverse) on the left-hand side and the consonants on the right. When the page is turned, the letters combine, and the words can only then be read, through the page. An ingenious and almost magical design, in which the semi-transparency of the lightweight paper is taken as an opportunity rather than a defect. Elegantly simple, and yet producing an intriguingly complex series of abstract visual poems as the letters separate and reconnect.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 208 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First hand-numbered edition of 42, this being number 38. Quarto softcover in flexible card wraps. Unpaginated with black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked save for hand-numbering and dating. Minor and spots of soiling to front and rear covers. Slight crease to upper corner of front cover, with attendant bend to ensuing ~20 leaves. Being a book of fragmented, minimalist / concrete poetry, largely taking place within and without variously envelope-shaped figures upon the page, but also with poetical musings about the purpose and nature of books and miscellaneous photography. Fredrik Averin is an American graphic designer. Rare in very good condition.…