Research Catalog

Title

The star : 3 poems, 1996 / Charles Bukowski ; gouaches by Klaus Zylla.

Author

Bukowski, Charles.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Zylla, Klaus.
• Weissner, Carl.
• Galerie auf Zeit.

Description

1 col. ill.; 40 cm.

Summary

• Unique artist's book, with manuscript text in Zylla's handwriting and 7 original gouache paintings on opposite pages. Text in black ink, on painted and embellished surfaces; pencil sketch on p. [8].
• Title and names of author and artist inscribed on p. [1] (free front endpaper); inscribed in pencil on p. [17] (free back endpaper): "Berlin, September 1996. Klaus Zylla und Galerie auf Zeit."
• Poems by Bukowski published in War all the time (Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press, 1984). Published in German in Die letzte Generation (Köln : Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 1988); translated by Carl Weissner.

Uniform Title

Poems. German & English. Selections

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

Bukowski, Charles > Illustrations

Genre/Form

• Paintings – Germany – 20th century.
• Gouaches – Germany – 20th century.
• Drawings – Germany – 20th century.
• Artists' books – Germany – 20th century.
• Unique books – Germany – 20th century.

Biography (note)

• Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
• Klaus Zylla was born in Cottbus, East Germany in 1953; he is a painter, printmaker and book artist, and lives in Berlin and Reguengo Pequeno, Portugal.

Language (note)

• English and German.

Binding (note)

• Black paper boards with title page information painted in white on front cover; in matching slipcase. Additional gouache paintings mounted on front cover and on front of slipcase.

Contents

She said = Sie sagte -- The star = Der Stern -- I fall into it without trying = Es passiert mir immer wieder.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1996 10-208

OCLC

662475087

Author

Bukowski, Charles.

Title

The star : 3 poems, 1996 / Charles Bukowski ; gouaches by Klaus Zylla.

Biography

Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

Klaus Zylla was born in Cottbus, East Germany in 1953; he is a painter, printmaker and book artist, and lives in Berlin and Reguengo Pequeno, Portugal.

Language

English and German.

Binding

Black paper boards with title page information painted in white on front cover; in matching slipcase. Additional gouache paintings mounted on front cover and on front of slipcase.

Added Author

Zylla, Klaus. Artist

Weissner, Carl.

Galerie auf Zeit.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1996 10-208