Dieter Roth, Gesammelte Werke 2, 4-7

Published by Edition Hansjorg Mayer in an edition of 1000. 23 x 17.5 cm each. Includes 5 volumes: Band 2: Ideogramme, 1971. Some foxing on spine. + Band 4: bok 4 a and bok 5, 1972. Cellophane slightly loose on cover and spine. + Band 5: bok 3a,1970. Pages of a daily newspaper from Iceland. Slight soiling on cover, creasing on spine. + Band 6: bok 3c, 1971. Slight soiling on cover, creasing on spine. + Band 7: bok 3b and bok 3d, 1974. Iconic Roth book with die-cut pages from childrens comics and coloring books. Some creasing on spine, else very good.

Begun in 1969, Dieter Roth's artist book opus, Gesammelte Werke, spanned over a decade of work in 26 volumes, recreating the artists prolific output of artists books to date. The books were not issued sequentially (Volume 15 was published first), nor chronologically, but they were all the same trim size. He also issued deluxe editions of each volume, creating special covers that pertained to their content. (total 5)