Tassos Tree I: Screen print by Michael Heindorff
by HEINDORFF,MICHAEL
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bernard Jacobson, 1986. Very Good +. Michael Heindorff. A large silk screen by Michael Heindorff printed in colour on thick wove paper. Signed in pencil by the artist.From the numbered edition of 100 copies. From the 'Tasso Tree' series which was published by Bernard Jacobson Gallery in 1986.In excellent condition; Sheet size 90 x 68cm (36 x 26.5 inches)Torquato Tasso 1544-1595 acclaimed but troubled Italian poet wrote his epic work Jerusalem Delivered in 1575. Harking back to Virgils Polydorus his character Tancredi, having slain his Clorinda, enters the forest outside of Jerusalem, which has been enchanted by Ismend to prevent their felling for siege towers by the crusading knights. When he slashes out at a tree it bleeds blood and cries out in Clorindas voice. All the enchanted trees react as humans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roe and Moore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 600068
- Title
- Tasso’s Tree I
- Author
- HEINDORFF,MICHAEL
- Illustrator
- Michael Heindorff
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bernard Jacobson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Screen prints, signed print.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern German Art;
Terms of Sale
Roe and Moore
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About the Seller
Roe and Moore
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London
About Roe and Moore
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