Octavio Paz created TOPOEMS and DISCOS VISUALES in 1966, works that are now virtually unobtainable. They were his first experiments in concrete poetry. In 1972, Robert Gardner, Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard, produced NOTATIONS/ROTATIONS yet another such experiment. It is composed of four rotating panels each gradually revealing the four haiku-like poems by Paz as they are rotated.

NOTATIONS/ROTATIONS:

An Experiment in Concrete Poetry by Octavio Paz

NOTATIONS/ROTATIONS was published in an edition of 1,000 copies. 150 were boxed, numbered and signed by the poet and the graphic artist, Toshi Katayama. An additional 26 copies lettered A-Z, signed by the author and artist, were ‘hors de commerce’. Examples of this work are extremely rare.

There are only a few remaining copies of both the signed and unsigned versions. The unsigned copies are $250 and the signed copies are $500.

To obtain a copy, contact: sevenstandish@comcast.net