1964 "HAP Grieshaber: Woodcuts" Including Woodcut Prints
Item Details
Provenance
From the estate of Nick Bubash.
Helmut Andreas Paul ‘HAP’ Grieshaber was a German artist specialized in woodcut prints. After attending secondary school in Reutlingen, Grieshaber was apprenticed in a print shop while studying art in Stuttgart from 1926-28, before travelling extensively across Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. He was forbidden from his art practice and forced into military service under the Nazi Regime in WWII, along with being a prisoner of war in Belgium. After the war, he returned to Germany and used these experiences to fuel his art practice in conjunction to political and environmental activism. Grieshaber’s work was included in the 1959 and 1964 documenta, and retrospectives of his work were shown simultaneously in both East and West Germany in 1979 in honor of his 70th birthday. His work is held in numerous private and public collections worldwide.
| Title and Author/Editor | HAP Grieshaber: Woodcuts (Margot Fuerst) |
| Genre | Art and Photography |
| Illustrator | Helmut “HAP” Andreas Paul Grieshaber (German, 1909 – 1981) |
| Type of Illustration | Woodcut, Halftone |
| Translator | Fritz Eichenberg, William Hubben |
| Binding | Paper over boards |
| Dust Jacket | Yes |
| Publisher or Printer | Arts Inc., Verlag Gerd Hatje |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Place of Publication | Stuttgart |
| Edition Statement | First Edition |
| Additional Information | Includes thirteen woodcuts of which six are in color on fold-out pages The Lord’s black nightingale gewidmet and text supplement |
Condition
- shaken but tight bindings; loose hinges; slight page discoloration; bumped spine; minor wear to cover; acetate sleeve over dust jacket.
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Item #
ITMG241052
