KUNST AM BUCH

Kunst am Buch

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Lobisch, Mechthild
190×285
1985
DE
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About the cover:

Half-fringed binding Spine of dark blue oasis goatskin with double-row longitudinal title, three-sided bordered cover of dark blue dyed Roma laid paper with multicoloured ink markings, overlaid with a swarm of small lines embossed in gold and red, barbered edges, coiffe lyonnaise, On-board mirror of dark blue paste paper with small, coloured embossed lines, flying leaf of blue combed paste paper, half-leather chemise with longitudinal title in gold, cover of dark blue paste paper, lined with dark blue suede, bound slipcase, cover of dark blue coloured Roma laid paper.

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About the content:

Ernst Jünger: Dreams of Flight

With 6 woodcuts by Jürgen Wölbing one copy of 200 on Torinoko Kozu Japanese paper, signed by author and artist. Fourth printing by Bear Press, Bayreuth 1983 The works and also the personality of the German author Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) are characterised by his participation in the First World War. His partly elitist, anti-bourgeois publications led to him being regarded as an intellectual pioneer of National Socialism after 1945 and thus as one of the most controversial authors in Germany.

About the artist: Mechthild Lobisch belonged to a circle of people who were deeply engaged in contemporary binding techniques and design. Being a trained bookbinder herself, she has spent a lifetime advocating with great passion and dedication for the craftsmanship and formal quality in bookbinding. Her work was esteemed by the majority, especially as she was professor at the Burg Giebichenstein, University of Art and Design Halle, where she was head of the class Konzeptkunst Buch (Book as Conceptual Art) within the Art Faculty from 1995 to 2006. A group of her graduates has had a lasting influence on the German art of bookbinding ever since. Mechthild Lobisch died in autumn 2025.