LEVE, Manfred
Leve sieht Beuys
£50
Göttingen: Steidl. 2004.
First edition. 300x295mm. pp.256. Original grey paper covered boards, title stamped in black to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slight bumping to the bottom corners. Otherwise, near fine; an excellent copy of a beautifully produced book. pp7-17: essays by Eugen Blume ("Conversation on the Beach too long") and Manfred Leve ("Photographing Block Beuys"), text in German and English. pp20-256, black and white photographs of Beuys's work.There are two short collections of photographs from exhibitions in Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach which form part of the "Ur-history" of the Block Beuys installation. The rest of the book (pp.40-256) is devoted to the seven-room installation that constitutes "Block Beuys". This is a vast collection of sculptures, works on paper and relics from 1949-72 exploring Beuys's own ideas of art and German history. Leve's stunning photographs make a work of art out of Beuys's art.
First edition. 300x295mm. pp.256. Original grey paper covered boards, title stamped in black to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slight bumping to the bottom corners. Otherwise, near fine; an excellent copy of a beautifully produced book. pp7-17: essays by Eugen Blume ("Conversation on the Beach too long") and Manfred Leve ("Photographing Block Beuys"), text in German and English. pp20-256, black and white photographs of Beuys's work.There are two short collections of photographs from exhibitions in Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach which form part of the "Ur-history" of the Block Beuys installation. The rest of the book (pp.40-256) is devoted to the seven-room installation that constitutes "Block Beuys". This is a vast collection of sculptures, works on paper and relics from 1949-72 exploring Beuys's own ideas of art and German history. Leve's stunning photographs make a work of art out of Beuys's art.
