About the cover:
French binding with open hinge Light green coloured paper, with diamond-shaped lines in relief on both covers, copper-coloured embossed long title on smooth spine, barbered edges, white leather endpapers; light green paper mirror stencilled with printing ink, havana-coloured paper chemise with embossed spine, two-part case, opening edged with beige oasis goatskin and covered with light green coloured paper, spine with embossed title.
About the content:
Walt Whitman: Song of Myself
One of 200 copies, Utopia-Verlag, Weimar 1923 Song of Myself is a sprawling combination of biography, sermon and poetic meditation in poem form. Whitman uses symbols and commentary to arrive at important themes. Song of Myself consists of short sequences and dispenses with long stories. Whitman uses small, precisely drawn scenes.
About the artist: Trained as a biology laboratory assistant, Claudia Richter completed her training as a successful cover artist specialising in book concept art with Mechthild Lobisch at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle.
Soon afterwards, she opened her own ‘Studio for Book Art and Design’ in Halle. She developed her own style, which is strongly influenced by her training and is based on a mixture of geometric rigour and subtle poetry. Each cover is a successful one-off of rare delicate elegance, a kind of ‘homage’ to beauty. And all with perfect craftsmanship!
