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378 - Barbara Fahrner. There Is a Reaper Named Death. [Frankfurt] 1984. With 16 watercolor and ink paintings. Thread-bound, hand-cut original paperback.

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€350 - 500

Sale fees

32%

Barbara Fahrner. There Is a Reaper Named Death. [Frankfurt] 1984. With 16 watercolor and ink paintings. Thread-bound, hand-cut original paperback. Bidding time: approx. 4:42 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) One-of-a-kind book. - Labeled “Reaper Variation I · 5 copies: I / 4.” - Signed and dated by the book artist “Nov. 18–25, 1984.” - The text of the anonymous poem, presented here in a nine-stanza version, was typeset by hand and printed. - On chamois-colored handmade cardstock, folded, thread-bound, and irregularly trimmed. - Also included: Adelheid zu Engeltal (c. 1350) & Barbara Fahrner (c. 1989). Rejoice, Daughter of Zion, [...] With color prints, ink, and tempera drawings. Frankfurt 1988. Original paperback. One of 20 unique copies. 23rd print from the “Edition Lieder” series, designed by Barbara Fahrner, printed by Doris Sdun. Signed by the artist in the colophon. - Two early artist’s books by Barbara Fahrner (born 1940). The “Reaper’s Song” appears in several of her works, including the 2003 installation of the same name at the Offenbach City Church (see Klingspor Museum catalog, 2005). 29.5 × 25.5 cm. [16] pages. - 29 × 13 cm. [20] pages.

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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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