Anselm Kiefer. Die Donauquelle (The source of the Danube)

Cologne, Michael Werner, 1978. Hardcover, 30 x 21 cm, 76 pp. Blue linen cover with white title lettering. Edition of 500 copies. Artists' book with continuous b/w photo plates, no text. Tiny ink dot to the lower edge of the spine, not impacting the pages.

The photo series, created in Kiefer's studio, depict 'the gradual submersion of a painter's palette in a shallow, square pool of water, stylized as the 'source of the Danube' by various natural elements.' Ref: Michael Glasmeier, Die Bücher der Künstler, p. 128.