Couleurs Intimes [Intimate Colors]

Self-Published, Switzerland, March 28, 1977, oversized 10.25 x 14.5". Stamped and hand signed and numbered by the artist on the durable front cover board in red ink: DA: 28.3.77; OP: C 64/21; SI: Gerstner. Warmly inscribed beneath with blue ink "for Elaine + Arthur withfriendship Karl, N.Y. 5979". Seventeen, single-side pages with paint (shades of black, white, gray and purple) on neutral colored, fragile newsprint, presumably self-published by Gerstner and bound-in with thick, white boards. A very personal expression of work andunlike any other that Gerstner published during the same time period; produced around the same time he began designing the Basler Zeitung newspaper in his hometown. Yet in spite of his design commissions, his art activity prevailed during the 1970s and he exhibited widelybetween BaselNew YorkCaracas. Artists full name written in capital letters in pencil on the back lower left hand corner board. Slight wear to the exterior boards, mostly near the edges with interior prints in nearly fine condition with a light bend and small chip to one leaf. Scarce.SIGNED KARL GERSTNER ARTISTS BOOK, PRESENTATION COPY.…