German Linocuts

These prints were given to my father as one of his perks at his employment with ICC Berlin. Partial translation is:

Impressum

Karl Heinz Grage Born in 1939 in Hamburg, cut during the 1965 cycle “The 12 Months” in Linoleum. There are only a few complete hand-printed series [of this work?]. This bound edition, an enlarged [high-pressure?] reproduction, was again presented in a limited and signed edition of 100 copies reprinted in March 1983. The cover [title page?] of this volume, “The Reading”, is an original Linocut, created in 1961 in Soest. Overall production Atelier-Handpresse [Hand Press Studio] Blucherstrasse 23, Berlin-Kreuzberg

This copy bears the number: 39 / 100.

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