Dieter Roth Gesammelte Werke, Bande 13

14 x 28cm 472pp very good paperback. In 1969 Roth began planning Collected Works, a self-published twenty-volume catalogue raisonnÈ that would contain, collect, classify, organize, and document much of the work he had made to date. A testament to his ongoing impulse toward accumulation, Collected Works shows the duality of his approach, both chaotic and organized. The books were not issued sequentially (Volume 15 was published first), nor did they present the artist s work chronologically, but all were the same trim size, allowing for the economical reuse of material at the printer. He took the opportunity to review, and in some cases, amend the original artworks, and also issued deluxe editions of each volume, creating special covers that pertained to their contents including a croissant-encrusted cover for Volume 6. Dieter Roth was a Swiss artist who gained recognition for his diverse body of work, which included artist's books, editioned prints, sculpture, and creations from found materials, including rotting foodstuffs. He was also known as Dieter Rot and Diter Rot.…