1095 - Goethe,J.W.v.

Goethe,J.W.v. Sonnets. With 17 hand-printed aquatint plates by Werner Jans. O. O. u. Dr. (Frauenfeld, self-published) 1969. 4°. [18] Double leaf with 17 original aquatint etchings. Original dust jacket with cover title in original cardboard slipcase. One of 60 num. Signed by W. Jans on the title page. - Werner Ignaz Jans (born 1941 in Winterthur) studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and 1961-1965 at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, sculpture class of Manfred Sieler. He has worked mainly as a freelance sculptor since 1965. He was a "founding member of the group ZEF (Zürcher Expressive Figuration) together with Hans Bach, Victor H. Bächer and Erich Sahli. The human figure is at the center of the four artists' work. Since the 1970s, Jans has carried out numerous commissions for works in public spaces in the cantons of Zurich and Thurgau" (SIKART). - Slipcase with signs of wear, otherwise in good condition.