PAUL WUNDERLICH LITHOGRAPHIES ET PEINTURES

(Paris): Denoël, 1972. First edition. Fine in very good slipcase.. Deluxe limited edition of Wunderlich's lithographs and paintings from the 1950s through the early 1970s, with a signed and numbered original lithograph as issued and a later signed lithograph additionally laid in. Exquisite album of the German artist's Surrealist-influenced paintings and lithographs, ranging from his characteristic Dali-esque distorted female figures to a series of strange and delicate black and white images reminiscent of Klee. With a perceptive introduction by Raddatz, exploring Wunderlich's transformation of mythological signifiers and identifying in his work a Dostoyevskian concern with good and evil. 16'' x 12''. Original green silk boards, portfolio style, with unbound folios. In original green and copper silk slipcase. Introduction translated from German into French by Cornelius Heim. 126 pages. Printed at the Imprimerie Moderne du Lion. Edition of 130, of which 100 numbered copies were issued; this copy no. 9. Original lithograph facing colophon, signed by Wunderlich and numbered 9/100. Additional original color lithograph laid in, signed by Wunderlich on verso and dated June '77. A few blemishes to silk, with spine (and full slipcase) sunned to a brilliant copper. Scuffing to slipcase, with peeling to lower corner.