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299 - Gerhard Altenbourg. *Tatauierte Litaneien*. *Aufrisse und Weg-Spindeln*. Berlin and Paris, 1962. With four color woodcuts, six color lithographs, and four linocut title pages. Original cloth binding with mounted cover vignettes. In a slipcase.

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€1,300

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€1,300 - 2,000

Sale fees

32%

Gerhard Altenbourg. *Tatauierte Litaneien*. *Aufrisse und Weg-Spindeln*. Berlin and Paris, 1962. With four color woodcuts, six color lithographs, and four linocut title pages. Original cloth binding with mounted cover vignettes. In a slipcase. Call time: approx. 3:49 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First edition, one of Altenbourg’s earliest artist’s books. - One of 40 copies (total print run 55). - Printed on Spechthausen handmade paper. - With a watercolor on the flyleaf. - The edition note is signed by the artist, numbered, and bearing his dry stamp. - Hand-set using the Salon-Antiqua typeface and printed in various colors by Richard Hiller, Altenburg. - The woodcuts and lithographs are hand-pressed prints by the artist. - Very rare. Janda 66/26 34.0 × 11.5 cm. [4], 37, [7] pages. - The spine is heavily faded. English description: With four-color woodcuts, six-color lithographs, and four linocut title pages. Original cloth binding with mounted cover vignettes. In a slipcase. First edition, one of Altenburg’s earliest artist’s books. - One of 40 copies (total print run of 55). - Printed on Spechthausen hand-made paper. - With a watercolor on the flyleaf. - The edition note is signed by the artist, numbered, and bears his dry stamp. - Hand-set using the Salon-Antiqua typeface and printed in various colors by Richard Hiller, Altenburg. - The woodcuts and lithographs are hand-pressed prints by the artist. - Very rare. The spine of the slipcase is heavily faded.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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