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DON VAN VLIET / CPTN. BEEFHEART: SKELETON BREATH, SCORPION BLUSH
(VAN VLIET, DON aka CAPTAIN BEEFHEART). Van Vliet, Don. Foreword by A.R. Penck. Bern, SWITZERLAND & Berlin, GERMANY: Verlag Gachnang & Springer, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 96pp, 17 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. Published in 1987, "Skeleton Breath, Scorpion Blush" was the first publication to feature the artwork of the esteemed late Don Van Vliet - aka Captain Beefheart. It features a foreword and portrait of the artist by A.R. Penck, and intersperses eighteen transcribed poems with reproductions of sixteen artworks. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light wear and soiling to the covers. 3-906127-15-X Inventory Number: 022581