Der Verurteilte

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Der Verurteilte

Artist Carl-Heinz Wegert (German, 1926 - 2007)

Publisher Edition Günter Stöberlein, Munich, 1972

Printer etchings: Max Dunkes, Munich; text: M. Saupe & Co., Munich (handset by Georg Trump)

Author Horst Bienek (German, born 1930)

Date1972

DimensionsBox: H: 11 1/8 in. (282 mm); W: 9 3/8 in. (238 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Portfolio: H: 10 7/8 in. (276 mm); W: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); Depth: 15/16 in. (24 mm).
Page: H: 10 1/2 in. (266 mm); W: 8 7/16 in. (214 mm).
Sheet (untrimmed): H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 8 5/16 in. (211 mm).
Image: H: 4 5/8 in. (117 mm); W: 3 1/2 in. (89 mm).

MediumOriginal object: wire cage housing the book, with a hinged lid and clasp, designed and made by the artist. Original prints: 12 drypoints on white wove Zander paper, some with aquatint and/or color. Text: letterpress on gray wove paper (type: 12 pt. Mauritius).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.961

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Label TextDER VERURTEILTE means either "condemned person" or "convicted criminal". The wire-grid box (with lock and key) designed to contain the book certainly reinforces the sense of imprisonment.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 83

Toledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.