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304 - Rudolf Schoofs - Ingeborg Bachmann. Youth in an Austrian City. Engravings by Rudolf Schoofs. Wülfrath: Horst Heiderhoff, 1961. Includes four signed color etchings (engravings) with embossed printing. Loose double-page sheets in an original linen slipcase with a spine label.

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€400 - 600

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32%

Rudolf Schoofs - Ingeborg Bachmann. Youth in an Austrian City. Engravings by Rudolf Schoofs. Wülfrath: Horst Heiderhoff, 1961. Includes four signed color etchings (engravings) with embossed printing. Loose double-page sheets in an original linen slipcase with a spine label. Call time: approx. 3:52 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 45 copies intended for sale (total print run 55). - On Arches vellum. - The only bibliophile print produced during Ingeborg Bachmann’s lifetime. - Signed by the author in the colophon; the full-page etchings by Schoofs are signed, dated, and numbered. - First standalone edition of the story, which also appeared in the 1961 anthology *Das dreißigste Jahr*. - Rudolf Schoofs (1932–2009) studied under Georg Muche in Krefeld. In 1976, he was appointed professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart as the successor to Gunter Böhmer. Wilpert/Gühring 9 29.5 × 20.0 cm. 26, [2] pages. - Case has foxing and light discoloration along the edges. - Title page is slightly browned and has three tiny foxing spots. English description: Includes four signed color etchings (engravings) with embossed printing. Loose double-page sheets in an original cloth case with a spine label. One of 45 copies intended for sale (total print run of 55). - On Arches vellum. - The only bibliophile print produced during Ingeborg Bachmann’s lifetime. - Signed by the author in the colophon; the full-page etchings by Schoofs are signed, dated, and numbered. - First standalone edition of the story, which also appeared in the 1961 anthology *Das dreißigste Jahr*. - Rudolf Schoofs (1932–2009) studied under Georg Muche in Krefeld. In 1976, he was appointed professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart as the successor to Gunter Böhmer. Case is foxed and faded. Cover sheet is slightly browned with three minor foxing spots.

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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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