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elephants in snow - the book

ELEFANTEN IM SCHNEE
(Elephants in snow)

a book object containing 3 books in the size 18.5 x 18.5 cm, produced in an edition of 24 Arabic and 6 Roman copies, signed and numbered.
The wooden cube (21 x 21 x 21 cm) contains the following pieces:

- A book with 11 relief etchings by Helge Leiberg and a text from Livius, printed by the artist on Arches 88, bound in Japanese block binding with terracotta cover, 48 pages.

- A book by Ekkeland Götze,  each book painted with soil from the Great St. Bernard on Zerkall 450 g, embossed and bound by the artist, text from Polybios, 62 pages.

- A book with 13 original Earth Art Works from Ekkeland Götze, printed with soil from the Great St. Bernard on Zerkall 450 g and also bound by the artist. The text is from Livius, 58 pages.

- In addition are two supplements with an elephant's foot print and a German and English text about the project.
Published 1994.

2.500 EUR