John Gerard - Die Häuser meiner Straße, with Catalonian artists Enric Casasses and Victoria Rabal
(John Gerard) Die Häuser meiner Straße/les cases del meu carrer. (The Houses on my Street.) [A poem in German and Catalan] by Enric Casasses. With images by Victoria Rabal. John Gerard. Rheinbach. 2006. First edition. n.p. 14″ x 7.75″. 6 French-fold full page pulp paper paintings. Typeset in 24pt Galliard Roman, handprinted in black and blue. Bound in Japanese style with open stitching in blue. Blue linen spine, original pulp paper painting over boards. Title on front. Blue linen dropback box. An edition of 30 unique variant copies signed by the poet, artist and Gerard. Fine.
Enric Casasses is a Catalonian poet. Victoria Rabal is a Catalonian artist and also director of the Paper Museum in Capellades, Spain. English translation of the poem laid in at the bottom of the box.
A translation of two of the verses:
“the corner under the bridge
the origin of the discovered spring the entrance hall of the train station
the yellow straw in the stable
the shadow of a peach tree
the dust of the caravans and the light on the horizon
and the farthest star”
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