- Title: KWY #12, Album
- Author: KWY
- Collaborations: An editors’ note mentions that KWY includes Lourdes Castro, Jan Voss, René Bèrtholo and Christo. Lourdes Castro coordinated this issue.
- Publisher: KWY
- Dimensions: 30,5X20Cm
- Number of Pages: 19 folios; 18 are perforated to allow the detachment of 3 postcards.
- Edition: 300 copies
- Publishing Date: 1963(Winter)
- Place: Paris, France
- Dep. Legal / ISBN: 1er Trimestre 1964 ; n.a.
- Media: Cover printed in silkscreen, 3 colours (pink, white and black) on grey cardboard. The black and white pages are printed in offset. The pages in colour are printed in silkscreen.
- Synopsis: Cover printed in silkscreen, 3 colours (pink, white and black) on grey cardboard, with art nouveau decorative elements. KWY #12 contains 54 postcards by Pierre Alechinsky, André Balthazar, René Bèrtholo, Biasi, Karl-Fridereich Brust, Camille Bryen, SamuelBurry, Dick Cassee, Lourdes Castro, Colinet, Corneille, Cruz-Diez, Sérgio Fergola, Ferro, Gonçalo Duarte, Alberto Greco, Jacques Van Der Heyden, Iria Bernardini, Marta Minujin, André Morain, Alexandre Otero, Le Parc, Mercedes Pardo, Shunk-Kender, W. Spribille, Herve Telemaque and Jan Voss. The pages are perforated in order to detach the postcards; there are 3 postcards per page. The black and white pages are printed in offset. The pages in colour are printed in silkscreen in several colours on white paper: - yellow, blue and brown – René Bèrtholo and Samuel Buri. - pink and violet– Mercedes Pardo and Gonçalo. - black and brown- Corneille and Iria Bernardini - brown and cream – A. Otero - brown, cream and red – A. Otero - black, red and green– Cruz-Diez - black – Alechinsky and Corneille - black and red (with collage) – J. Van Der Heyden, - black and blue – Cruz-Diez and Alechinsky - grey – Jan Voss and Lourdes Castro - collage with metallic paper – Le Parc. The editor’s note explains that due to a superstition #13 will be delayed until an indeterminate date, however this was KWY last issue.
- Notes and Collections: KWY #12 is available at : Gulbenkian Foundation Library in Lisbon; Serralves Foundation Library, Porto, Portugal. Kandinsky Library; French National Library, Paris, France.
- Bibliography and Links:
AA.VV. – KWY. Lisboa, Fundação Gulbenkian/KWY, 1960. (catálogo da exposição que teve lugar na Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes entre 11 a 20 de Dezembro de 1960)
ACCIAIUOLI, Margarida – KWY Paris 1958-1968. Lisboa, Centro Cultral de Belém / Assírio & Alvim, 2001
BARROSO, Eduardo Paz – Words and Painting Exchange Roles: Concrete Poetry, Experimental Poetry, & Fine Arts in Portugal. Journal of Artists’ Books #32. Outono, 2012. (Pág. 21-28)
BOIVENT, Marie – La revue d’artiste. Enjeux et spécificités d’une pratique artistique. Tese de Doutoramento, departamento de Artes Plásticas da Universidade Rennes 2 Haute Bretagne. Junho 2011. (páginas 97-99, 416, 684)