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Poppetgom: Theater Scarabee / Foundation "Octupus"

Jan  van Toon

1970
BINDINGS Composition and lay-out by Jan van Toon of Amsterdam. This publication in the domain of the plastic arts arrived from Holland encased in a can which also serves as the cover for a handsome catalog of avant-garde art in the Netherlands of the early 1970s. The catalog had to be opened with a can opener which left very sharp edges. The publication also came with a bright yellow pillow to further assure its safe arrival after a long journey across the Atlantic. This sort of unique cover quickly garners one attention.

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