SPECIAL DRAWINGS - PRIVATE SPACE

Kassel (Germany):
éditions Kunoldstr.34, Jürgen O. Olbrich, 1984.

50 unnumbered photocopied single-sided sheets. Hardcover with separately mounted title label, 210 x 150 mm; black-and-white photocopy printing.

Catalog edited by Jürgen O. Olbrich, Dieter Schwertle, Endre Tót .

The credits page mentions an edition of 50 copies, with no further details.


After contacting Jürgen Olbrich, we learned that the edition is actually 54 copies, distributed as follows:

50 copies for the trade, including: .

30 copies with an original drawing, all signed with the artist's initials, bound at the end of the book and protected by a sheet of crystal paper. 


20 copies without drawing 


4 copies reserved for publishers.

The entire print is signed by Endre Tót on the first page.

The book was published as part of an exhibition, October 1-31, 1984, Kunoldstraße 34, Kassel.

The credits page does not mention the presence of an original drawing. In an email correspondence quoted here, Jürgen Olbrich explained why he does not mention the original drawing:

- You told us that each copy contained an original drawing. Why didn't you mention it?

- I didn't think about it at all, it wasn't important to me. In any case, I saw this publication more as an artist's book than as documentation.

In a second correspondence, J. Olbrich clarifies, after speaking to a friend who helped produce the catalog, what is mentioned in the description.

The edition with drawing was in the "annual boxes" kept by Jürgen O. Olbricht, which had an edition of 20 copies.

Jürgen O. Olbricht shared the copies with Endre Tót.
Our thanks to Jürgen O. Olbrich for all these details.