Hommage à Werkman: The Next Call 9
A rare homage in which German and international artists reengage with the experimental legacy of Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. Under the banner of The Next Call, facsimiles of Werkman's clandestine sheets are paired with newly created original prints. The blend of woodcut, letterpress and vigorous layout channels the spirit of De Blauwe Schuit. Essays by Henkels, Sandberg, Martin and Greve ground its context and reception. Half-cloth binding with a protective cardboard box keeps the sensitive materials safe.
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Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, H. A. P.
Grieshaber, Riccardo Gregor, Herbert Schwöbel, Emil Kiess, Raoul Ubac,
Wilhelm Geyer, Walter Renz, Werner Oberle, Fritz Ruoff
Werkman, Hendrik Nicolaas
Hommage à Werkman: The Next Call 9
1957
A potent posthumous salute to Werkman, where facsimile and new printmaking amplify each other. Scarce in attractive condition and emblematic of postwar print culture.
A rare homage in which German and international artists reengage with the experimental legacy of Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. Under the banner of The Next Call, facsimiles of Werkman's clandestine sheets are paired with newly created original prints. The blend of woodcut, letterpress and vigorous layout channels the spirit of De Blauwe Schuit. Essays by Henkels, Sandberg, Martin and Greve ground its context and reception. Half-cloth binding with a protective cardboard box keeps the sensitive materials safe.
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The volume begins with facsimiles or excerpts from Werkman's printed work, followed by suites of original prints by Grieshaber, Gregor, Schwöbel, Kiess, Ubac, Geyer, Renz, Oberle and Ruoff, augmented by works by students from the Akademie Karlsruhe. Texts by F. R. A. Henkels, Willem Sandberg, Kurt Martin and poems by H. L. Greve set Werkman's graphic innovation in context. J. van Loenen Martinet edits letter fragments from Werkman to Henkels and his wife. The primary language is German; the letters appear partly in Dutch. The whole reads as a posthumous conversation with Werkman, where image and text reflect one another.
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