Books from the exhibition
Exhibition Sponsors
Bartkowiak's Best: Book Art from the Hamburg Archives
In the SFCB Gallery Jan 26-Apr 27, 2007
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The Night of Lead . . . The Bear Press; Bayreuth, Germany; 1988 Author: Hans Henny Jahnn Illustrator: Artist Klaus Böttger Printer: Rudolf Ritscher Binder: Werner G. Kiessig, Berlin Contact: www.thebearpress.de Printed in an edition of 150 by the Offizin Poeschel in Trump-Mediaeval on Sandwich Bëtten paper. The 12 etchings by Klaus Böttger were printed by Norbert Weber of Eckernförde. The text was set by Kurt Mosebach. Hans Henny Jahnn's story, hardly recognized during the author's lifetime, was published for the first time in 1956, three years before Jahnn's death. The Bear Press's editions are characterized by spiritual penetration of the material, and an exclusivity of idea and execution. By the use of an appropriate typeface, the literary text is presented as an expression of the individual personality and intention of the author. The selection of the typeface has far-reaching technical implications: font size, leading, size of type area, ink color and the book proportions all constitute, as in architecture, the meaning as well as the construction of the work. | |||
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