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Baumgartner, Christiane

Leipzig. Carivari. 2004
Christiane Baumgartner's artist book of a single second of video in twenty-five stills.

From the edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed and numbered by black ink by Baumgartner.

Baumgartner's artist book consisting of twenty-five still images reproducing a single second of video of trees taken from an open car window, was published to accompany her exhibiton at the Kunstverein Bochum. A portfolio of woodcuts of the same images limited to 25 copies was also issued.
[24 leaves]. Oblong 12mo. (156 x 210 mm). 25 monochrome illustrations (the first is the front wrapper) which together comprise a single second of video of trees taken from a car window, the first two leaves feature text by Reinhard Buskies verso, the final leaf verso is the justification. Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles to front cover in white, titles to spine in black.
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