Friedrich-Karl Gotsch. Hamsun-Epilog. Lot n° 25

Five woodcuts. 1967/1968. All signed. Hamburg, Hans Christians 1968. Copy 30/80 (total circulation 100). - Published by the Hamburger Christians Verlag on the occasion of the foundation of the Friedrich-Karl-Gotsch-Stiftung, Hamburg. - With a text by Rolf Italiaander and an introduction by J. P. Hodin. - With the text sheets in original folder. - This folder is the result of the study of Hamsun's last book "Paa Gjengrodde Stier". Already in 1922 Gotsch had dedicated a woodcut cycle to the poet Hamsun, in 1930 a series of Hamsun's "Tramps" trilogy was published. - "In search of lost time the 68 years old painter and graphic artist Gotsch recovers the youthful experience of reading Hamsun in transformed form. One of the main pieces of his graphic work is the woodcut cycle, which he dedicated to Hamsun" (Rolf Italiaander). 56 : 40 cm (portfolio).