xxv, 331 pp.; oblong 8vo; laminated paper over boards with trivial wear at edges, in price-clipped jacket with wear at corners, a few short closed tears at edges, else bright; illustration throughout with full page black & white photographs and other reproductions; with two leaves half torn out as designed by the writers, according to publisher's printed statement laid in.

Divided into three parts: Zero 1, 2, 3, (red painting; motion & vibration; full range survey),documents the birth of environmental, elemental, large scale and sky art, kinetic and technological art, random happenings and programmed events. Group Zero originated in Dusseldorf, Germany and quickly became a pan-European force, linking artists in Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, and elsewhere including: Piene, Mack, Fontana, Yves Klein, Mavignier, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Pol Bury, Spoerri, Manzoni, Dorazio, Soto, Manfred Kage, and many others. (from the jacket)