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Walter Bareiss Ex Libris

Artist Georg Baselitz German, born 1938
Publisher unpublished
Date1974
DimensionsOverall: H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm): W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm);
Image: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.7 cm): W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
MediumBookplate: photomechanically reduced etching on toned grey plate on japan paper
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1990.96A-C
Not on View
Collections
  • Works on Paper
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Keifer, 1985, cat. no. 3.

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

Label TextMolly Bareiss commissioned Baselitz to design this bookplate for her husband; it appears in almost every book in the collection. The image of an upside-down man is characteristic of Baselitz's art.

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