'Meerwärts Steuer!
Artist's Book
1988 (published)
1988 (published)
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The title of this book is a play on the words Mehrwertsteuer (Value Added Tax) and is the picture story of a man rowing across the sea to arrive at an idea. Presented in the form of a flip book, the images, which are offset printed from hand drawn plates, have the naive quality of felt tip pen illustrations. The picture story begins on the card cover with the depiction of the protagonist possibly driving towards his disembarcation point.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 'Meerwärts Steuer! (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed book |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Meerwärts Steuer!', by Jan Voss, Edition Hundertmark, Berlin-Koln, 1988 |
| Physical description | One of a set of 10 booklets numbered 21 to 30, [18 pages], issued in a slipcase. |
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| Object history | Limited edition of 80 copies. Library's copy is no. 4. Signed by the artist. |
| Summary | The title of this book is a play on the words Mehrwertsteuer (Value Added Tax) and is the picture story of a man rowing across the sea to arrive at an idea. Presented in the form of a flip book, the images, which are offset printed from hand drawn plates, have the naive quality of felt tip pen illustrations. The picture story begins on the card cover with the depiction of the protagonist possibly driving towards his disembarcation point. |
| Other number | X940024 (iv) - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041994105989 |
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| Record created | May 30, 2014 |
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