320 - Wedell, Irene (1939–2017). Seattle. My words are like the stars; they never fade. Chief Seattle’s speech to Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), President of the United States of America, in 1855. Berlin, Handpresse Gutsch, 1986. Folio. 17-panel leporello with 6 full-sheet collaged watercolors by Irene Wedell, signed, and 2 collaged title watercolors. Original binding, watercolored by Irene Wedell, silk laminated onto cardboard, painted binding ribbons. 41 × 37 cm.

Wedell, Irene (1939–2017). Seattle. My words are like the stars; they never fade. Chief Seattle’s speech to Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), President of the United States of America, in 1855. Berlin, Handpresse Gutsch, 1986. Folio. 17-panel leporello with 6 full-sheet collaged watercolors by Irene Wedell, signed, and 2 collaged title watercolors. Original binding, watercolored by Irene Wedell, silk laminated onto cardboard, painted binding ribbons. 41 × 37 cm. Spindler 103. Cf. Bartkowiak 211. – The often-repeated homage to nature and creation gave rise to a Native American myth, here brought to life in images of the present. – One of 10 numbered copies, each differing from the others due to their arrangement of original watercolors. Imprint signed by the artists. – Enclosed illustrated, partly signed supporting material from the Gutsch Handpress: 23 sheets on individual titles from the press, 34 × 16 cm; 3 exhibitions of the press; brochure for the 1986 Frankfurt Book Fair; 3 additional sheets with a price list; 1 signed two-color linocut by Herbert Gutsch; Irene Wedell, brochure, lists 23 titles.