Description: Die Passion Eines Menschen - 25 Holzschnitte (The Passion of a Man in 25 woodcuts) by Frans Masereel, Second German trade edition, Kurt Wolff, Munich 1927 An early printing of the very first wordless novel originally published in French in 1918 and German in 1921, by the Flemish artist Frans Masereel. The work follows a man living under the boot of Capitalism martyred for leading a workers revolt with obvious parallels to the Passion of Christ. Masereel's work would inspire Lynd Ward who would bring the form to America with the publication of Gods' Man in 1929. Cream colored thin boards printed in black, pp. [58] Good condition, spine joints cracked but holding firm, minor toning and soil to boards, small bookseller ticket to rear pastedown
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: German
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Frans Masereel
Publisher: Kurt Wolff
Original/Facsimile: Original
