despalles overcomes the distance that still exists between the German and French language areas. Thus the artist's books of the edition are mostly conceived from the outset as bilingual, French and German, or even trilingual. As a rule, they appear as first publications, always with unpublished translations. In them, artists and poets from different aesthetic categories meet.
Jürgen Beckelman /
Dieter Wagner (Kopie 2)
ich habe behauptet (I affirmed)
Jürgen Beckelmann / Lothar M. K. Micklei / Johannes Strugalla / Dieter Wagner
Ich habe behauptet / J’affirme / Ik heb beweerd
(I affirmed)
Five poems by Jürgen Beckelmann. Silkscreen by Dieter Hermann, typographic work by Dieter Wagner,
Johannes Strugalla and Lothar M. K. Micklei.
Trilingual: German, French, Dutch. 82 pages, 21 × 14,6 cm.
Divers papers. Chinese binding. Realization by despalles édtions / Mainz.
Edition: 150 copies, numbered and signed by the author and the artists.
Amsterdam / Berlin / Mainz / Paris / Wiesbaden, 1986 / 87.
