12/03/2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Bilder - Portfolio 1.
A rare first collection of 10 « Bilder » booklets created between 1968 and 1971, which Martin Parr considered one of the most important collections of artist’s books of the twentieth century. A collection that corresponds in every way to the one presented in « The Open Book, » Hasselblad Center, which contains: Airplanes (1968), Knees (1969), Families (1970), 2 Girls (1970), Coat (1970), Shoes (1971), Mountains (1971), Clouds (1971), Football Players (1971), and Pyramid (1971).
Hilden: Hans Peter Feldmann, 1968-1971.
10 stapled booklets of varying sizes, covers of thick gray paper, some blueish, titles and artist’s name stamped on the front covers, 89-220 mm x 105-210 mm. All contained in the original four-flap portfolio, with black ribbons and eyelet, inked Fedmann on the cover (225 x 216 mm). This collection was assembled in collaboration with the Paul Metz Gallery in 1971 and was shown in 1972 at Documenta 5 in Kassel under the direction of Harald Szeemann.
Ref: Feldmann/Kern, Hans-Peter Feldmann. Bilder/Pictures, Kunstraum München; The Open Book p. 234 & 235, Parr & Badger II, p. 158-159: M.+M. Auer 560; Kühnast, Hans Peter Feldmann Bücher, Publikationen, Hefte 1960er Jahre p. 2–75; Anne Moeglin-Delacroix, Artists’ books, 1985 p. 80 and Aesthetics of the artist’s book p. 127.
Rare copy.
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