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Willi Baumeister. Sumerische Legenden. Zehn Lithographien. 1947. Etwa 34,5 : 43,0 cm. Alle signiert und mit » -/100« bezeichnet. Ausrufzeit : ca. 15:10 (Zeitplan ohne Gewähr) Unnummeriertes Exemplar, neben der Auflage von 100 und weiteren 20 Künstlerexemplaren. - Ediert von der Eidos-Presse, Stuttgart. - Die bedeutende graphische Folge Baumeisters, vollständig, jedoch ohne die Originalmappe mit dem reliefierten Deckel. - Angeregt wurde Baumeister zu dieser Auseinandersetzung mit dem Gilgamesch-Epos durch Karl Nierendorf, New York. - Die Bildtitel zitieren die vom Künstler benutzte Ausgabe des Epos, die im Insel Verlag erschienen war. - Auf chamoisfarbenem imitierten Japanpapier. - Gedruckt von Alfred Eichhorn auf der Eidos-Presse, Stuttgart. - Vorwort von Will Grohmann. - In privater Leinenmappe. Spielmann/Baumeister 99-108. - Nicht bei Spindler 35,0 : 43,5 cm. 10 Lithographien, 1 Doppelblatt. - Leinenmappe stockfleckig. - Einige Blätter papierbedingt etwas gebräunt, zumeist nur in den Rändern. - 1 Blatt mit Abklatsch/Bräunung des Textblattes. english description: 10 lithographs. 1947. All signed and numbered »-/100«. Unnumbered copy, printed as part of a run of 100, with an additional 20 artist’s proofs. - Baumeister’s complete, significant series of prints. - He was inspired to explore the Epic of Gilgamesh by Karl Nierendorf of New York. - The image titles are taken from the edition of the epic used by Baumeister, which was published by Insel Verlag. - On chamois-colored imitation Japanese paper. - Printed by Alfred Eichhorn on the Eidos press, Stuttgart. - Foreword by Will Grohmann. - In a private cloth folder; the original cloth folder with the embossed cover is missing. Linen-bound folder with foxing. - Some pages are slightly browned due to the paper, mostly only at the edges. - 1 page with smudging/browning on the text page.
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