Leaf Spine Word Sign. Artists Books from the Workshop of Hank Hine

"Artist books are their own quality of book, but also their own value sphere of fine art, since they are produced as complete works of art by artists.
Hank Hine worked in his publishing house, Limestone Press / Hine Editions, founded in 1975 in San Francisco, with a wide variety of artists who stand for a broad spectrum of contemporary endeavors and positions.
So in this publication, 'Leaf Spine Word Sign. Artists Books from the Workshop of Hank Hine', u. a. the books by Georg Baselitz, Bruce Conner, Günther FÖRG, Markus Lüpertz,
Joan Mitchell, Jürgen Partenheimer, Norbert Prangenberg, Susan Rothenberg, Ed RUSCHA, David Salle and Richard Tuttle.
All of the artists worked with Hank Hine directly or in close collaboration with him and his collaborators, with Hank Hine always encouraging experimentation,
was open to improvisation and was looking for unconventional ways to realize the books." (freely translated publisher's note, © Richter Verlag, 2006)