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Peter Schlemihl, / by A. Ch...
The first published work of John Gincano, a virtually unknown master of foreboding expressionistic woodcuts. Executed at the advent of the Great Depression (the zenith of the Expressionist era), these grim woodcuts compare with the best work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Vasily Kandinsky, and Emile Nolde. As Willy Pogany states in his preface, "Gincano's delightful woodcuts not only illustrate Schlemihl's peregrinations, but describe a life partly his own. They illuminate this charming satirical romance and are fully imbued with the whimsical spirit of the book, rendered as they are with masterful simplicity and telling originality. The idea of illustrating 'Peter Schlemihl' with woodcuts is a very fortunate one, as it not only suggests the period when Chamisso wrote this immortal fantasy, but somehow by its very nature of strong contrasts in Black and White constantly brings to mind the lost 'shadow'" (p. 4). -- vendor description
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monografia Rebiun37727281 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun37727281 m o d cr bn||||||abp cr bn||||||ada 231111s1929 paua o 000 0 eng d 671593916 685251941 OCLCE eng pn OCLCE OCLCL OCLCQ dlr Chamisso, Adelbert von 1781-1838.) Peter Schlemihl, by A. Chamisso, woodcuts by John Gincano Philadelphia, D. McKay Co. [1929] Philadelphia, Philadelphia, D. McKay Co. 1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 3-104 pages) illustrations 1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 3-104 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Translated by Sir John Bowring ... foreword by Willy Pogany." Use copy. Restrictions unspecified star. MiAaHDL The first published work of John Gincano, a virtually unknown master of foreboding expressionistic woodcuts. Executed at the advent of the Great Depression (the zenith of the Expressionist era), these grim woodcuts compare with the best work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Vasily Kandinsky, and Emile Nolde. As Willy Pogany states in his preface, "Gincano's delightful woodcuts not only illustrate Schlemihl's peregrinations, but describe a life partly his own. They illuminate this charming satirical romance and are fully imbued with the whimsical spirit of the book, rendered as they are with masterful simplicity and telling originality. The idea of illustrating 'Peter Schlemihl' with woodcuts is a very fortunate one, as it not only suggests the period when Chamisso wrote this immortal fantasy, but somehow by its very nature of strong contrasts in Black and White constantly brings to mind the lost 'shadow'" (p. 4). -- vendor description Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2023. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Chamisso, Adelbert von 1781-1838). Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte. English Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (Chamisso, Adelbert von) Fables, German German literature- 19th century Fables allemandes Littérature allemande- 19e siècle Fables, German. German literature. German fiction- Translations into English. Devil- Fiction. Social isolation- Fiction. Children's literature German fiction Juvenile works. German fiction. Publishers' advertisements- Pennsylvania- Philadelphia- 1929. Bowring, John 1792-1872) translator Pogány, Willy 1882-1955.) Gincano, John illustrator Original (DLC) 29021941 (OCoLC)3357494