Kaschubisches Weihnachtslied [Kashubian Christmas Carol].

Bergengruen, Werner, with Ursula Arndt

Verlag: n.pl., The artist, 1969.

Beschreibung

Leporello illustrated with etchings. The etchings are tactile in their deep impressions on the pages. Two copies of an English translation by Gertrude C. Schwebell of the carol in the same format as the pages of the leporello are laid in, with the following comment on the author: "Werner Bergengruen, born 1892 in Riga, Latvia, was a prolific writer. He published many novels, shortstories [sic], and 12 vol. of poetry. Several of his novels have been translated into English. He died 1964 in Baden-Baden, West Germany." The last page of the leporello has a small etching of the date 1969. Kashubians are a Slavic minority found today mostly in Poland; Gunter Grass regarded his ethnicity as Kashubian. Ursula Arndt was born in Düsseldorf in 1920. She studied at the Kunstakademie of that city from 1942 to 1947. Eventually she settled in New York. In the US she contributed the illustrations to a series of books on various holidays. Fine copy on heavy art paper. A gorgeous little book. Colophon states "Reprinted 1979 by permission of Verlag AG "Die Arche" / Peter Schifferli, Zurich. / All illustrations rights reserved by Ursula Arndt." Hence it appears that this is an independent publication by the artist while she was a US resident. We could find no record of this production, which could be considered as an artist's book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5410

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Titel: Kaschubisches Weihnachtslied [Kashubian ...

Verlag: n.pl., The artist, 1969.