Halifax: The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1980. First edition, one of 500. 64pp; 128 b&w illus. 4to. Sewn in photo-illustrated yellow wraps. Splash stain to base of textblock, most visible to first six leaves, with slight color bleed to pages facing the yellow endleaves at front and rear; else quite faint. About very good.
First edition of this artist's book documenting in detail a single painting by German artist Gerhard Richter (b. 1932). "Taken together, the photographs illustrated in this book make up the work 128 Fotos von einem Bild (Cat. no. of the paintings: 441). This work is based in turn on the 1978 abstract oil painting, Halifax (Cat. no. of the paintings: 432/5). Richter designed the book." (Gerhard Richter : Editions 1965-2004, item 56). Issued as The Nova Scotia Pamphlets 2.
