Beschreibung:

24 : 16 cm. 14 leaves. Original boards.

Bemerkung:

A key-work of Gerhard Rühm, a program of linguistic concretism implemented consistenly through all the senses. 'Gilt heute als des zentrale Buch der konkreten Posie' This printed version uses the mechanical flexibility of the typewriter and communicates the associative content of the written word by the spatial arrangement of words beginning with the letter 'R'. When read, the eye wanders up and down the pages, columns of R-words are close to the page edges, the leitmotif of 'regen rauscht' (rain rushing) cscading to the page sides. The naccustic version is loud - Rühm producing torrents of rain, paper tears, with listeners following the 'R' verb series "rauscht reibt rast" (Roar, rub, rest). With the artistic book 'R' Rühm has also attempted to producea similar acoustic sensation with one of the pagews beeing a sheet of abrasive pink sandpaper. The printing on the verso of the sandpaper sheet reportedly resultat in numerous production problems, which means that the book 'R' remains a rarity. With a printed dedication to Oswald Wiener on the first leaf. - Binding a bit dusty, otherwise a fine copy.