1wcarter
A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka - NO REPLY PRESS DELUXE LIMITED EDITION
2024
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 28 of 160 copies
Twelve pencil illustrations by Iri Smitch who signed the book, printed from etched magnesium plates.
A frontispiece portrait of Franz Kafka, printed from a magnesium plate on handmade paper, tipped into the book.
Printed letterpress by hand using a Vandercook Universal I proofing press.
Hahemühle Biblio paper mould-made in Dassel, Germany.
Ragged fore and lower page edges.
Scarlet endpapers.
Hand-bound in a three-piece Bradel binding, with gold tooling on the cream cloth spine and grey patterned paste papers specially made for this edition over the boards.
Scarlet cloth slipcase.
27x18.9cm.
29 pages
US$414
On the centenary of its publication, the resonance today of Franz Kafka’s masterpiece short story is chilling. It explores the life of an artist whose art is starvation, whose performances of prolonged fasting captivate audiences through the existential danger inherent to his craft. Through this enigmatic character, Kafka prods at the conflict between art and society, the pursuit of authenticity, and the loneliness one must feel in the face of shifting public tides.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2024
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 28 of 160 copies
Twelve pencil illustrations by Iri Smitch who signed the book, printed from etched magnesium plates.
A frontispiece portrait of Franz Kafka, printed from a magnesium plate on handmade paper, tipped into the book.
Printed letterpress by hand using a Vandercook Universal I proofing press.
Hahemühle Biblio paper mould-made in Dassel, Germany.
Ragged fore and lower page edges.
Scarlet endpapers.
Hand-bound in a three-piece Bradel binding, with gold tooling on the cream cloth spine and grey patterned paste papers specially made for this edition over the boards.
Scarlet cloth slipcase.
27x18.9cm.
29 pages
US$414
On the centenary of its publication, the resonance today of Franz Kafka’s masterpiece short story is chilling. It explores the life of an artist whose art is starvation, whose performances of prolonged fasting captivate audiences through the existential danger inherent to his craft. Through this enigmatic character, Kafka prods at the conflict between art and society, the pursuit of authenticity, and the loneliness one must feel in the face of shifting public tides.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2Pendrainllwyn
>1 wcarter: That's stunning. Purchased now. Perhaps due to their size the images here resonated with me more than the ones on the No Reply website. I also just bought The Men Return to complete the Science Fiction trio.
