Art Information No.3: Michael Buthe, Freunde/Friends

Dusseldorf, Mediacontact/Dietmar Kirves, 1972. Staplebound, 30.5 x 21.5 cm, 21 b/w stencilled sheets, edition of 200. This is a Press Copy numbered 1/200, stamped and dated on the front cover.

German artist Buthe presents photographic portraits of 20 friends, with captions celebrating his connection to them. Among the friends are Heinrich (who taught me to speak with dogs), Sigmar Polke, Palermo, Pablo Stähli (he makes jokes and has a long nose), Aziz Moulay El Hardy (the incarnation of cosmic sensibility) and Markus Raetz (Beauty - Silence). Wear on front and back sheet, generally a fine copy.