197 - Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. Faith, Love, Hope. Handwritten poem manuscript with watercolor. 1961. Folded double sheet, unfolded: 21 × 29.7 cm. Signed in multiple places.

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. Faith, Love, Hope. Handwritten poem manuscript with watercolor. 1961. Folded double sheet, unfolded: 21 × 29.7 cm. Signed in multiple places. Bidding time: approx. 1:54 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) Header reads “1961 // for: Ralf Rainer Rygulla.”—Below that, the 24-line poem “the words fade away, the world grows very small [...].”—On the left, the constructivist watercolor in De Stijl colors. - On the reverse, handwritten dedication: “Album page [sic!] for Ralf Rainer Rygulla on his nineteenth [actually his 18th] birthday || Essen / Ruhr, November 2, 1961”; signed and dated to the left of this. - Very rare and with significant provenance: Ralf Rainer Rygulla (born November 6, 1943) met Brinkmann while they were both apprenticing as booksellers (1959–1962); and later they co-published the Beat poetry anthology *ACID* through Jörg Schröder’s März-Verlag, where Rygulla worked as an editor and translator. - From a private collection in Hesse, formerly owned by Rygulla. - Also included: a color copy of Brinkmann’s handwritten poem “To Lofty with Love.” With a handwritten note by Rygulla: “The first ‘pop’ poem in German literature. — RDB and I, 1968, Engelbertstr., Cologne.” Photograph (contact print, approx. 6 × 8 cm), titled by Rygulla on the reverse. English description: Handwritten poem manuscript with watercolor. 1961. Folded double sheet (unfolded: 21 × 29.7 cm). Signed in multiple places. Inscribed “1961 // for: Ralf Rainer Rygulla”—below that, the 24-line poem “die worte nehmen ab ganz klein wird die welt [...].” - On the left, the Constructivist watercolor in De Stijl colors. - On the reverse, a handwritten dedication: “Allbumblatt [sic!] for Ralf Rainer Rygulla on his nineteenth [actually his 18th] birthday || Essen / Ruhr, November 2, 1961,” signed and dated to the left of it. - Very rare and with significant provenance: Ralf Rainer Rygulla (born November 6, 1943) met Brinkmann while they were both completing their apprenticeships as booksellers (1959–1962); later, they co-published the Beat poetry anthology *ACID* through Jörg Schröder’s März-Verlag, where Rygulla worked as an editor and translator. - From a private collection in Hesse, formerly owned by Rygulla. - Also included: a color copy of Brinkmann’s handwritten poem “To Lofty with Love.” With a handwritten note by Rygulla: “The first ‘Pop’ poem in German literature. — RDB and I, 1968, Engelbertstr., Cologne.” Photograph (contact print, approx. 6 × 8 cm), titled by Rygulla on the reverse.