La Danse des Morts à Bâle

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La Danse des Morts à Bâle

Artist H. A. P. Grieshaber (German, 1909-1981)

Publisher VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1966

Printer woodcuts: Werkstätten der Hochschule fur Graphik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Karl-Heinz Schneider, master printer; letterpress text:

Binder E. A. Enders, Leipzig

Date1966

DimensionsBox: H: 18 1/2 in. (470 mm); W: 14 3/4 in. (375 mm); Depth: 1 11/16 in. (43 mm).
Book: H: 18 1/16 in. (458 mm); W: 14 3/16 in. (361 mm); Depth: 1 9/16 in. (40 mm).
Page: H: 17 5/8 in. (448 mm); W: 13 3/4 in. (349 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 40 woodcuts in colors. German text: woodcuts in black. French and English texts: letterpress (typeface: Gill Grotesque Bold). Paper: white wove paper specially made by VEB Papierfabriken, Penig.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.536

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, What’s Wrong with Me? Art and Disease, April 22-August 7, 2011 (University of Toledo student exhibition).