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394 - A. R. Penck - Sascha Anderson. Jewish Jetset. Etchings by A. R. Penck. Munich and Berlin, 1989. Includes eight color etchings. Original red half-linen binding in a slipcase.

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€500 - 750

Sale fees

32%

A. R. Penck - Sascha Anderson. Jewish Jetset. Etchings by A. R. Penck. Munich and Berlin, 1989. Includes eight color etchings. Original red half-linen binding in a slipcase. Call time: approx. 4:52 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Copy marked “e. a.”; in addition to the print run of 40 copies, five more were published as a special edition. - Signed by both artists in the colophon; all etchings by Penck are signed on the plate. - Printed on “BFK Rives” vellum; the red covering paper for the slipcase and cover was designed by John Gerard. - Set in narrow Futura type; letterpress printing and binding were carried out in the workshops of the BBK Berlin. - Published by Sascha Anderson in collaboration with Maximilianverlag Munich and Galerie Springer, Berlin. - Anderson’s texts were translated into English by Karen Margolis. - This opulent artist’s book was published when Sascha Anderson was still the celebrated underground poet and promoter of East German samizdat literature. In 1991, he was exposed as a Stasi informant by Jürgen Fuchs and Wolf Biermann. 46.3 × 35.0 cm. [16] pages, 8 etchings on 4 folded double-sheets. - Slipcase cracked; corners of the cover slightly bumped. English description: With eight color etchings. Original red half-cloth binding in a slipcase. Copy marked “e. a.”; in addition to the print run of 40 copies, five more were published as a special edition. - Signed by both artists in the colophon; all etchings are signed by Penck on the plate. - Printed on “BFK Rives” vellum; the red cover paper for the slipcase and cover was handmade by John Gerard. - Set in the narrow Futura typeface; letterpress printing and binding were carried out in the workshops of the BBK Berlin. - Published by Sascha Anderson in collaboration with Maximilianverlag Munich and Galerie Springer, Berlin. - Anderson’s texts were translated into English by Karen Margolis. - This lavish artist’s book was published when Sascha Anderson was still the celebrated underground poet and promoter of East German samizdat literature. In 1991, he was exposed as a former Stasi informant by Jürgen Fuchs and Wolf Biermann. The slipcase is partially split, and the corners of the binding are slightly bumped.

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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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