Friedrich Holderlin; Robert Schwarz (illus.)
Empedokles, (1987)
Mainz
Unique prototype
3042
Folio. 204pp. A test-run for Schwarz's adaptation of Holderlin's unfinished play, the text of which has been printed sometimes over, sometimes under Schwarz's painted and hand-touched images. Schwarz's own style...
Folio. 204pp. A test-run for Schwarz's adaptation of Holderlin's unfinished play, the text of which has been printed sometimes over, sometimes under Schwarz's painted and hand-touched images. Schwarz's own style evokes that of Robert Delaunay and his Orphism, with heightened color arranged into provocative, rapid shapes. The actually published edition was not realized until 1993 and was only 167 pages. Bound in boards covered in full tan suede with hand-applied illustration to upper panel and title to spine. Minimal rubs, else fine, with protective sheets interleaved.


