Item #40174 OPENING 8: Openingnisolc No 8 by Hansjörg Mayer (Woodchester, Glos: Openings Press, 1966).

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OPENING 8: Openingnisolc No 8 by Hansjörg Mayer (Woodchester, Glos: Openings Press, 1966).

Broadside folded down to 12x24cm., printed in black on recto and verso (48x48cm. unfolded).

The recto explores the relationship between the words ‘opening’ and ‘closing’ and their backward spellings ‘gninepo’ and ‘gnisolc’. The verso features the same words overprinted numerous times forming a dense block of optical art.

Near Fine. One of 600 numbered copies.

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