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Josef Váchal’s Lebenslauf

Author
Jiří Hynek Kocman
Year
1988
Technique and size

kniha-objekt, 22,5 x 15,5 x 9-13 cm

About work

The book block is composed of 85-sheets authorial handmade paper, each sheet corresponds to one year of Váchal´s  life. Sheets are continuously marked by hand-inch print pagination and year of creation, ie. the last sheet with pagination 85 is printed in 1969. Full leather weave in brown cowhide, 4 ligaments, 2 pairs of straps for tying, blindprint headline.

Photo

Photo author: Author´s archive
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