Editions Balance – Im Stein [In the Stone].
(Editions Balance) Im Stein [In the Stone]. By Christa Wolf. Color lithographs & etchings by Helge Lieberg. Gotha. Germany. 1998. 11.75″ x 17″. Typography and binding design executed in the studio of the Edition Balance. Setting and printing by Harald Weller. Approximately 23 color drypoint etchings by Berlin artist, Helge Leiberg, complemented by lithographs. Blue paper binding with title and design on front board; black buckram spine with title in red. No. 99 of 100 thus in a total edition of 130 copies, signed by the author and artist. Fine.
Christa Wolf’s story, written in December 1994/January 1995, published here for the first time, is based on the actual experience of her stay in hospital. In a fictitious discussion with doctors and nurses an insight into the psyche of the patient can be gained – dream and reality are combined.
“Christa Wolf (born Christa Ihlenfeld on 18 March 1929) is a German literary critic, novelist, and essayist. She is one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany”. – Wikipedia.
Related items: Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Editions Balance