Jean Tinguely, Meta

Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, 1972. First edition. Edited by K.G. Pontus Hulten. Briefcase-shaped monograph with handle and lock, housed in the publisher's box with title on spine, 31 x 24 cm, 363 pp. Text in German. Contains a 33 1/3 rpm record inserted at the back, featuring ‘Sounds belonging to Pontus Hulten's book on Jean Tinguely's work Meta by Toshi Ichiyangi’.

Original publisher's box with soiling and moderate handling wear, the book object itself is in near mint condition. There are three variants of this first edition: one ordinary binding without the record, one faux valise with enclosed record (this version), and one faux valise with the record and an original meta-magic drawing.