Cobra No. 5. international journal for modern art. Organ of the "Internale des Artistes Expérimentaux". 1st German edition, with 1 original woodcut by Otto Hoffmann, 1 original lithograph by Pierre Alechinsky and 1 pasted-in yellow sheet with a text by Asger Jorn and numerous illustrations. Hamelin, K.O.Götz / Meta-Verlag, 1950. 12 pp. 21 x 29.5 cm. Illustrated original paperback (separated at spine, somewhat browned, rubbed, dusty and stained, front cover with larger tear at lower right, otherwise only minor edge wear). Extremely rare fifth issue of the series, only 7 issues were published in total (numbered up to issue 10, although issues 8 and 9 were not published). - With Asger Jorn's text "Sozialistische Heringe, realistische Ölfarben und Volkskunst" and an original lithograph by Alechinsky also bound in. - The German edition of Cobra no. 5 was printed in very small numbers and was banned in Germany until the 1950s. The issue was finally published in France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1951 with an additional insert sheet with explanatory text and a lithograph by Alechinsky, which had not appeared in the original number. - The imprint with handwritten corrected address of the "German editor and distributor for Germany" Karl-Otto Götz, who no longer lived in Königsförde near Hameln, but in Frankfurt am Main. - Staple stitching somewhat rusty, otherwise very good inside.