



Crater and Cloud. Ralf Winkler (d.i. A. R. Penck).
With 26 original prints. 7 volumes. (All published)
Cologne, Gallery Michael Werner 1982-1990
30.5 x 24 cm. Approx. 1,000 pages. Illustrated throughout with reproductions and photographic documentation, as well as numerous, partly loose, original prints by Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorf, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz, and A. R. Penck, among others. Illustrated original brochures. - The most elaborate and meticulously designed artist periodical of the 1980s. Initially conceived as a three-year periodical, the publication frequency gradually decreased to irregular. Depending on the number of subscribers, the print run never exceeded 150 copies. Issue 1-1982: Dedicated to Georg Baselitz. With a mounted folding object and four loosely enclosed original prints by Baselitz, (Bottle) woodcut - Immendorf, (Our Way is Right) woodcut - Kirkeby, (Untitled) and Lüpertz (Self-portrait) double-page etching over linocut, as well as a record with a double bass solo by Peter Kowald. - Issue 2-1982: Dedicated to Jörg Immendorf. With 5 loosely enclosed original prints by Baselitz, (Untitled) woodcut, folded several times in green and black) - Kirkeky, (Untitled) double-sided linocut, folded several times) - Immendorf ("FF bringt's") linocut - Lüpertz (Untitled) linocut over screen print - Penck (Untitled) woodcut and a record by Immendorf ("Die Vielleichtors"). - Issue 3-1983: Dedicated to Markus Lüpertz. With 5 loosely enclosed original prints by Baselitz, (Untitled) linocut - Lüpertz, (Untitled) screen and embossed print - not identifiable, (Untitled) linocut - Immendorf, (Untitled) screen print - not identifiable (folded leaflet) and a record ("Das Springerkonzert" with Penck on drums, Lüpertz singing at the piano). - Issue 4-1984: Per Dedicated to Kirkeby. No original prints. - Issue 5-1985: Dedicated to James Lee Byars. No original prints. Issue 6-1990: With 6 bound original prints by Immendorf, (Painter's Car) linocut - Penck, Untitled (linocut) - not identifiable, Untitled (2 linocuts, one in red) - Kirkeby, (Untitled) colored linocut, monogrammed and dated 89 - Lüpertz, (Untitled) etching - Issue 7-1990: Edited by Georg Baselitz. With 6 bound original prints by Penck, Untitled (linocut) - Lüpertz, (Head) colored linocut in yellow and gray - Baselitz, (Untitled) linocut in green - Kirkeby, (Untitled) linocut, monogrammed and dated 90 - Immendorf (Untitled) linocut in brick red and black - Don van Vliet (Untitled) etching, as well as a multifold insert and fold-out color plates. A flawless copy with all graphic contributions.

