{"product_id":"51172-a","title":"A","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1958 at the Werkkunstschule in Offenbach, Franz Erhard Walther devised a typographical font without any diagonals. In this artist\u0026rsquo;s book he uses so-called work sets to form a letter on each page, facing a scene from his life between 1954 to 1973 on the opposite page\u0026mdash;an encounter with Reiner Ruthenbeck and \u0026nbsp;J\u0026ouml;rg Immendorff, for example, or his first show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Paging through, four sequential \u0026ldquo;work sets\u0026rdquo; make an appearance, including \u0026ldquo;The body draws\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;Sculptural memory\u0026rdquo;: on the left side, a hand-drawn letter in a mutable yellow, and on the right, a drawing of a recollection originating in his photographic memory. This book, conceived and designed by the artist himself, is itself a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFranz Erhard Walther (*1939) first studied at the Werkkunstschule (School of Applied Arts) in Offenbach am Main, and then later attended the Kunstakademie D\u0026uuml;sseldorf (D\u0026uuml;sseldorf Art Academy), where he and fellow students Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke studied under Karl Otto G\u0026ouml;tz. Walther lived in New York City between 1967 and 1971. In 1969 he and Dan Flavin exhibited the famous first work set at the Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;All throughout my life I was fascinated by this idea: that a work could have a plot. With the consequence that the plot itself takes on the character of a work of art.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr \/\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFranz Erhard Walther, S\u0026uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung Magazin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811852558600,"sku":"9783775746038","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775746038_ab23ba87-b3c0-4763-a1f0-b3eb04b37435.jpg?v=1744037576","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/51172-a","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}