Ryo and Hiroko Koike. Twelve Zodiac Signs (One Mistake)

Cullompton, Beau Geste Press, 1972. Leporello, 15.5 x 10.3 cm, 12 pp. mounted together, measuring 186 x 10.3 cm. Litho-printed from paper plate drawings, with original hand colouring and rubber stamped additions. Drawings by Hiroko Koike and text by Ryo Koike. Published in an edition of 150, this copy numbered 'artists' proof' in handwriting in the colophon.

Made by the artists at the independent publishing endeavour ran by Felipe Ehrenberg, Martha Hellion and David Mayor from 1970 to 1976. Based in a farmhouse in Devon, UK, they produced art works, books, pamphlets and magazines in collaboration with visiting artists from the international experimental art and Fluxus scene. Ref: Beau Geste Press, Alice Motard 2020, pp 70-71.