424 - Gunnar Kaldewey - Charles Baudelaire. Le vin. New York 2006. Includes nine mounted inkjet prints based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Dark blue suede ribbon with a mounted silk cover label (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original chemise and slipcase (Judi Conant, Guildhall).

Gunnar Kaldewey - Charles Baudelaire. Le vin. New York 2006. Includes nine mounted inkjet prints based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Dark blue suede ribbon with a mounted silk cover label (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original chemise and slipcase (Judi Conant, Guildhall). Call time: approx. 5:12 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Edition Kaldewey 44. — One of seven deluxe copies, each with an additional set of inkjet prints in red and blue (total edition of 35). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - The first of three books published as “Homage to Wine”—a metaphor for the “celebration of life”—on the occasion of Kaldewey’s 60th birthday in 2006. Like a Japanese ukiyo-e print, each book can be enjoyed on its own, or all three together as a whole, similar to a triptych. The images in all three volumes are based on the same watercolors but were printed in different colors. The inkjet prints were produced with the support of Heike Ulbricht in Berlin. From Lucius, p. 283 36.0 × 26.0 cm. [40] pages, 14 prints. - Slipcase with minor damage to the cover paper. Spine of the slipcase is faded. English description: Includes nine mounted inkjet prints based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Dark blue buckskin ribbon with a mounted silk cover label (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original chemise and slipcase (Judi Conant, Guildhall). Kaldewey Edition 44. - One of seven deluxe copies, each with an additional suite of inkjet prints in red and blue (total print run of 35). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - “This is the first of three books published ‘in appreciation of wine as a metaphor for celebrating life,’ on the occasion of Kaldewey’s sixtieth birthday in 2006. ›Like a Japanese ukiyo-e print, each book can be enjoyed individually or all three as a whole, like a triptych.‹ The images in all three volumes are based on the same watercolors but were printed in different colors. The classical layout of the Baudelaire book, with text and images on separate facing pages, recalls the French tradition of “livres de peintres.” The inkjet prints were produced in Berlin with the assistance of Heike Ulbricht.” (Von Lucius, p. 283). Slipcase with a minor tear in the cover paper. The spine of the slipcase is faded.