Hansjörg Mayer, Lygia 1965

Letterpress print on paper, 48 x 48 cm. Signed with the artist's initials and dated 'hjm 1965' on the reverse. Framed in passepartout, 60.5 x 60.5 cm. Original print in excellent condition. Provenance directly from the artist.

Striking work by the famous German typographer, publisher and visual poet Hansjörg Mayer (1943 -). He published, typeset and printed the works of many artists involved in the international concrete poetry movement in the 1960s. In 1964 he produced '13 Visuelle Texte', a portfolio of concrete poems by European and Brazilian artists. Among the contributors was Augusto de Campos, featuring 'Lygia Fingers', made in 1953 for his fiancé Lygia Azeredo. The print in this lot is a layered version of this 'Typoem', executed by Mayer in 1965.