Prologue I. Drawings and prints by living German artists selected by a group of …
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Prologue I. Drawings and prints by living German artists selected by a group of Germans and Americans in Berlin. With an introduction by C. Linfert. With 3 signed original prints by Karl Hartung and Hans Orlowski and 22 further plates under passepartouts. Berlin, Gebr. Mann, 1947. folio. Text booklet and plates loose in OHalbleinen portfolio with blind embossed Vignette (slightly bumped, minimally soiled). Hartung, Karl u.a. Prologue I. Drawings and graphics by living German artists selected by a group of Germans and Americans in Berlin. With an introduction by C. Linfert. With 3 signed original prints by Karl Hartung and Hans Orlowski and 22 further plates under passepartouts. Berlin, Gebr. Mann, 1947. folio. Text booklet and plates loose in OHalbleinen portfolio with blindstamped Vignette (slightly bumped, minimally soiled). One of 1000 numbered copies. - First publication of the prologue, with German-English text. - The etching by Renée Sintenis is missing. Instead, there is a duplicate of Karl Hartung's signed lithograph "Phantastisches Gerippe", one dated 1946 and one 1947, as well as the signed original woodcut "Männerkopf" by Hans Orlowski. With 3 signed orig. graphics by Karl Hartung a. Hans Orlowski a. 22 plates. Text booklet a. plates loosely inserted in orig. half cloth portfolio with blind tooled vignette on cover (lightly bumped, minimally soiled). - One of 1000 numbered copies. - First publication of the prologue, with text in German and English. - The etching by Renée Sintenis is missing. Instead, a duplicate of Karl Hartung's signed lithograph "Phantastisches Gerippe" is included, one dated 1946 and one 1947, as well as the signed original woodcut "Männerkopf" by Hans Orlowski.

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