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2008 Staircases to the heavens
from letters of Bettine Brentano
to Caroline von Günderode
26 etchings and 3 letterpressed
Graphics, 76 pages of Fabriano
hand-made sheets, Hanji and
printed punched paper tape from
Monotype; hand set and letterpress
Diotima font Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
Edition of 20, 26 x 19 cm
2017 ‘Into the footloose life
between yearning and mischief’
Etching, drawing and typewriting on
hand-made paper, 33.5 x 26 x 3 cm
Quotations from: ‘Into the footloose
life enters a yearning 1985, Gerhard
Wolf: ‘Yearning is always right’,
fragments about Bettine von Arnim.
Christa Wolf: ‘The next life begins
today – a letter about Bettine.’
One of a kind in private collection
Dietmar Mayer, summarises in
‘Kunstdokumentation KD VII’
the mentioned and the 2nd one-off
‘Springwurzel’ 2017, research about
the vocabulary work carried out
by the Grimm brothers and about
Bettine von Arnim´s efforts
on their behalf. Photo book,
36 x 27 cm, 38 pages, Edition of 28.
2019 The raven black-haired woman
(Bettine) and the Brothers Grimm
Etching, drawing, painting, collage,
plants in hand-made paper
Typewriting, hardback, Coptic binding
box by Dominic Fey, one of a kind
27 x 17 cm, Herzog-August-Bibliothek
HAB Wolfenbüttel
Bettine
Bettine climbs at her grandmother´s place in Offenbach the poplars beside the river Main. For her speeches to Caroline von Günderode she climbs, even in times of storm and blizzards, under the canopy of the stars, up to the observatory in Marburg, after she is no longer allowed to see her friend.
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