Clemente Padín. Ovum 10, near complete set

Montevideo, self-published, 1969-1972. Comprises eight issues of the Latin American assembling magazine of experimental poetry founded and edited by Clemente Padín. Ten numbers were published between 1969 and 1972, printed in approx. 500 copies. This set includes Nos. 1 - 7 and No. 10 (missing Nos. 8 and 9). Staple- bound, each approx. 22.5 x 15.5 cm, 12-20 pp. No. 1 with signed dedication by Padin on the first page, complete with original collaged cover. No. 2 features a 'destructive tool' by Padin (an actual pin stuck through a page), and a burned hole by Adriano Spatalo. The covers of No. 4 are wrapped by a string with attached text labels 'principio' and 'fin'. No. 5 dampstained, pages waving but intact. No. 7 with inserted match. First seven copies with issue number added in pen in left upper corner. Generally a fine, rare collection.

Featured are articles on concrete and visual poetry, alongside works by Edgardo Antonio Vigo, Francisco Gandolfo, Guillermo Deisler, Michele Perfetti, Achille Bonito Oliva, Julien Blaine, Adriano Spatola, Alain Arias-Misson, Eugenio Miccini, Jochen Gerz, Gianni Bertini, Mirella Bentivoglio, Richard Kostelanetz, Ketty La Rocca, Luciano Ori, Clemente Padín, et al. Text in Spanish. In the 1960s and 1970s the Uruguayan artist and poet Clemente Padín (b. 1939) organized important exhibitions dedicated to visual poetry and mail art, and published several magazines including Los Huevos de Plata (1965–1969), Ovum 10 (1969–1972) and Ovum (1972–1975). (total 8)