ARTIST'S BOOK "DIABELLI" Drawings for an artist's book published by Harpune Verlag. Hermann Burger's text is the mocking farewell monologue of sleight-of-hand artist and magician Grazio Diabelli, who in his pursuit of the illusionary arts has lost sight of his own self. Drawing the only possible conclusion from a life defined by legerdemain, magic and loneliness, he decides that his grand finale is to be the brilliant staging of his own disappearance. Moussa Kone graces Hermann Burger's great illusionist with the Magician's Oath of the illustrator: Every movement of the hand is visible in the dense shading; hard contrasts lead the viewer into a universe of imagery suspended between exterior aspects and interior vistas, between real and imagined realities. In fifty assiduously parsed ink drawings, he provides an subtle stage and the ideal audience for this art book. Specifications: Hermann Burger/Moussa Kone, Diabelli, 16.2 x 20 cm, 112 pages, 50 drawings printed in letterpress, set in hot metal, thread-bound, letterpress dust jacket, Hand-colored special boxed edition of 26 copies with an origami paper fortune teller. More information about the book and its authors. book & fortune teller set in hot metal printing process printing process   example 1 example 2 example 3 example 4   handcolored edition handcolored edition colophon handcolored edition book covers Some examples of the 50 drawings in the book:

"spotlight" 31.2x25	"protesting" 31.2x25	"in lieu" 31.2x25	"suicidal tendencies" 31.2x25
"losing the thread" 31.2x25	"pint" 31.2x25	"sharpening the audience" 31.2x25	"joker" 31.2x25

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