Wunderlich, Paul The song of songs, which is Salomon's (Das Hohe Lied). With 10 (1 signed) coloured original lithographs by P. Wunderlich. Hanover, Caslon, 1970 (lithographs printed in France by E. and J. Desjobert). Loose quires in original blue silk case. Large folio (66.5 x 52.5 cm). One of 310 numbered copies of the English edition (GA 480), signed by the artist in the printer's note. - Papiergesänge 113 - For Paul Wunderlich, the Canticum canticorum "... became the vehicle for one of the most fascinating pictorial sequences ... Wunderlich succeeded like none of his predecessors in translating the associative nature of the Psalms into his surreal pictorial writing and thus into our present ... Wunderlich turns the metaphor into a graphic collage that fans out the poetic word structure into a picture story ... .. " (H. T. Flemming in: Brusberg, Nachtr. z. WV, p. 220). "The lithographs do not represent an illustration of the 'Song of Songs', they rather interpret the text further by translating its erotic elements into a cool atmosphere" (Papiergesänge). One of 310 numb. and sign. copies of the engl edition. Loose leaves in blue orig. silk case. - "The lithographs do not represent an illustration of the 'Song of Songs', they rather interpret the text further by transposing its erotic elements into a cool atmosphere" (Papiergesänge). This lot is taxed according to the rules. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.