• Original 1974 Kunstraum München exhibition guide for Ulrich Rückriem, front cover, white paper with ULRICH RÜCKRIEM in large black sans-serif caps at top; below a line-drawn architectural floor plan of the Kunstraum showing Vorplatz, Zi.A, Zi.B, and Eingang with directional arrow; KUNSTRAUM München e.V. / 21.3.1974–5.5.1974 in large black sans-serif type at foot.
  • Interior spread of 1974 Kunstraum München exhibition guide for Ulrich Rückriem, left page showing checklist of exhibited works in small black sans-serif type: Stahl geschmiedet 3×6×75 cm 1973 (Galerio Paul Maenz, Köln), found steel ring completed to disc, Stahl ergänzt 3×50×99 cm (Dr. Heiner Oettli, Fislisbach); right page showing edition announcement for KUNSTRAUM-Grundriß series, 27 offset prints, linen cassette, edition 110, DM 110, members only; below imprint: Herausgeber KUNSTRAUM München e.V., Redakt
  • Interior spread of 1974 Kunstraum München exhibition guide for Ulrich Rückriem, left page showing essay by Hermann Kern, Ergänzung zu den Ergänzungsstücken von Ulrich Rückriem, in small black sans-serif type, five paragraphs describing the Ergänzungsstücke concept; right page blank white.
  • Back cover of 1974 Kunstraum München exhibition guide for Ulrich Rückriem, white paper with a partial architectural floor plan in fine black line showing two rooms labelled Bad and Zi.C with door openings and wall thickness indicated, positioned at upper right of the page, the remainder blank — one of the drawings exhibited as Ergänzungsstück to the gallery's own architecture.
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Ulrich Rückriem — Ergänzungsstücke, Kunstraum München e.V., 1974

Ulrich Rückriem — Ergänzungsstücke, Kunstraum München e.V., 1974

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14.5 × 20.5 cm. 10 pages, stapled. Offset print on paper. Herausgeber: KUNSTRAUM München e.V., 8 München 40, Nikolaistraße 15. Redaktion: Dr. Hermann Kern. Druck: Weber Offset KG, München. Auflage: 500 Exemplare. Good vintage condition with light age toning, handling wear, and minor creasing consistent with age.

Original exhibition guide published for Ulrich Rückriem, Kunstraum München e.V., 21.3.1974 – 5.5.1974. The publication combines an essay by Hermann Kern (Ergänzung zu den Ergänzungsstücken von Ulrich Rückriem), a floor plan of the Kunstraum, a checklist of six exhibited works, and an announcement of the accompanying edition of 27 offset prints (KUNSTRAUM-Grundriß), loose in a linen cassette, signed in the imprint, edition of 110, format 42 × 29.7 cm, price DM 110, available to KUNSTRAUM members only.

The cover reproduces the Kunstraum floor plan — Vorplatz, Zi.A, Zi.B, Eingang — in architectural line drawing, reflecting Rückriem’s precise engagement with space, geometry, and placement. The back cover reproduces a partial floor plan showing Zi.C and Bad, one of the drawings exhibited as Ergänzungsstück to the gallery’s own architecture.

Issued when Rückriem was establishing the sculptural language that would define his career, this guide documents his early Ergänzungsstücke — works in which found stone or steel elements were completed through carefully measured interventions. The six exhibited works include forged steel bars (Galerio Paul Maenz, Köln), a found steel ring completed into a disc, and a found steel plate (Dr. Heiner Oettli, Fislisbach) completed into a rectangle. Produced just before his international breakthrough, the guide captures a formative moment in post-Minimal and Conceptual sculpture when process, material, and site became inseparable.

Rather than functioning solely as documentation, the booklet records the exhibition as a spatial proposition. Floor plan, checklist, essay, and publication data remain together as a printed support for an exhibition that no longer exists.

Shipping and handling included in the listed price. Carefully packed in an archival sleeve with rigid protective backing.

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