![]() Many of the small format prints were made for Christmas cards and include the calendar year and the letters PF, an abbreviation of the French phrase, pour feliciter (to congratulate), used as a shorthand holiday greeting in parts of Eastern Europe. And what do you make of Slovak Artist Leo Bednarik's strange vision, Untitled, where the figure of Christ seems to explode out of the dome of St. Czech Artist Jindrich Pilecek and Lithuanian Marius Liugaila have humorous takes on the Tower of Babel theme. Czech Printmaker Jan Kavan shows the Crucified Christ sprouting branches like a Tree of Life. Consider Czech Artist Juri Salamoun's sardonic Golgotha and Golgotha II or Bulgarian Peter Velikov's surrealistic presentation of the Crucifixion as an event of cosmic proportions. You can also find ex libris on biblical narratives rendered in less conventional ways. Younger graphic artists, like Ukrainians David Bekker and Sergey Kirnitskiy, also produce small format prints on religious themes, evoking the works of the Old Masters. Estonian Artist Evald Okas and Czech Printmaker Antonin Kamenik, who come from a generation of book plate makers active before the Communist era, are represented in the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection by two studies of the Head of Christ in a fairly traditional style. ![]() Many plates are now produced as signed and numbered small format fine art prints, known as "free" ex libris, never to be glued on to book covers.Įrotica seems to be the subject of choice for contemporary ex libris makers, but to my great surprise sacred subjects occasionally turn up on book plates and miniature prints, coming out of the former Soviet Bloc countries. Ex libris are once again in demand, eagerly sought by specialized collectors. Down through the ages, ex libris makers came up with ever more artful and imaginative designs for their clients’ home libraries, inspiring a mania for collecting book plates, lasting from the final quarter of the 19th Century until the 1920s. The first known book plates or ex libris -a Latin phrase meaning “from the library of”-are woodcuts from the 15th Century, displaying the owner’s name and coat of arms. With the advent of the printing press and the mass circulation of books, worried bibliophiles turned to artists to make special name tags in multiple copies to paste in the front of their treasured possessions in print. The Egyptians used to label their valuable papyri with enamel tablets to keep them from going astray, and medieval owners of priceless vellum manuscripts made sure to mark them with their names and heraldic crests. Warten Sie bitte ab, bis ich Ihnen die genaue Höhe der Versandkosten mitteile, danach kann die Markierung erfolgen.Getting borrowed books back has been a problem since the beginning of the written word. Bitte um freundliche Beachtung: Falls Sie mehrere Artikel ersteigern und diese zusammen verschickt werden sollen, bitte weder den Button " Kaufabwicklung noch Bezahlen " anklicken. As my German customers know, my German terrible so I will respond to your questions in English. If in a hurry for an item, please let me know, I'll send it out quickly. Invoices need to be paid within three days unless other arrangements are made. If not possible and you over pay on postage I will refund it via PayPal. If purchasing multiple items, please wait for an invoice from me. ![]() I pack everything myself and try to add something extra, so sometimes it takes longer than the date ebay projects. Please let me know if you if you would like this option. For many of my repeat customers I'm happy combine purchases over a couple of weeks or a month if desired as it saves money and additional trips to the Post Office. If a packet is lost in the post, I will help file a claim but I am not responsible for items once they leave my hands. If you would add like insurance, please let me know, €2 for each €100 of coverage. David BEKKER Ukraine Exlibris Jos van Watershoot Radierung / etching C4, C7 Bildgröße/ image size 108 x 85 mm Blattgröße/ paper size: 155 x 106 mm Handsigniert / Hand signed opus 552 1995 I send everything registered with a tracking number which insured for €25 against loss. Item: 223189341243 David BEKKER Toulouse-Lautrec Exlibris Watershoot Erotic Nudes Etching C4 signed.
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