A Journey Round My Skull
May 14, 2018
Crouching and Screaming
Wonderful 1978 illustrations by Outi Markkanen (Finland, b.1951) on Kuriosas. Visit the link for many more illustrations from Kurnau ja Kamaluu.
Labels:
1970s,
cats,
children's book,
finland,
illustration
May 13, 2018
May 10, 2018
May 9, 2018
May 7, 2018
May 5, 2018
May 4, 2018
Marcus Behmer, Nobody Can Resist His Fate
See my big post on Marcus Behmer from a few years ago.
If I'm interpreting the auction house correctly, "Niemand kann wider sein Schicksal" is a picture story (for adults) on a single sheet made by Marcus Behmer in 1905 (printed later?) and dedicated to Harry Kessler (see Journey to the Abyss: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918 and Berlin in Lights: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1918-1937).
Labels:
books,
germany,
illustration,
marcus behmer
May 3, 2018
May 2, 2018
Karl Wirsum
Karl Wirsum (from Karma International gallery, Zurich).
See more here: “Chicago Imagists” at Karma International
Previously: Smoke Hairy Who
Also see the book Chicago Imagists
(I have not yet seen the documentary Hairy Who and The Chicago Imagists.)
May 1, 2018
Antonio Fernandez Reboiro
Antonio Fernandez Reboiro, 1979, Poster for documentary film by Idelfonso Ramos (Debemos Saber, We Should Know) via MOMA (some reproductions of his work on Amaz)
March 26, 2015
Jo Daemen cover designs
From the collection of Anne Aalders
I read about Johanna Maria Hendrika Daemen (1891–1944) on feuilleton and then found some book covers she designed. These are from 1928 to 1930.
I read about Johanna Maria Hendrika Daemen (1891–1944) on feuilleton and then found some book covers she designed. These are from 1928 to 1930.
March 11, 2015
Der Widiwondelwald
I try not to think about how much I would pay for a copy of Hilde Krüger's 1924 children's book Der Widiwondelwald. Some links (in German): one, two, three -- see the full book as smaller images at the last link to the kibook blog.
[Update: this was briefly in print last year -- might still be able to find it.]
I kept coming across this book when working on my Kinderbuch series over the years.
February 13, 2015
January 1, 2014
SEKIJI NO KUBI WO KIRU
Bookseller's description: "[AVANT-GARDE POETRY] HINO Shunsuke. Shishû SEKIJI NO KUBI WO KIRU. Tôkyô, Erosu-dô. Shôwa 4 [1929]. 18.5 x 12.7, bound Western-style in wrappers with illustrated covers, book design and illustrations throughout by Iguchi Masao. A product of the Nagoya avant-garde. The illustrations and design of this "CUTTING THE BABY'S THROAT" are jarring, some of the poems sound and feel like they were written while falling down a flight of stairs. The paper is browned and some pages a bit edgeworn but a very good copy overall of this ephemeral production."
February 26, 2013
Two by Massimo Scolari
Massimo Scolari, The Sick Square, 1971 |
See my Scolari post on But Does it Float. I'm looking forward to the recent book collecting these works (Amaz link) -- these come from the old book (most b/w).
Massimo Scolari, Sardinia North East, Cape Boi, 1973 |
February 24, 2013
Weltkrieg
Willi Geiger, 1914
See the new post on recto-verso: Weltkrieg: German Artists Respond to the Great War
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