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The art of Adolf Wölfli : St. Adolf-Giant-Creation
- Title
- The art of Adolf Wölfli : St. Adolf-Giant-Creation / Elka Spoerri and Daniel Baumann ; essay by Edward M. Gomez ; writings by Adolf Wölfli ; with a foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin.
- Author
- Spoerri, Elka.
- Publication
- New York : American Folk Art Museum ; [Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
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- Description
- 111 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm
- Summary
- Offers a fresh vantage point on the artist's remarkably intricate drawings and astonishing collages, as well as his newly translated writings, which are justly celebrated for their dizzying blend of mythology and humor.
- Alternative Title
- St. Adolf-giant-creation
- Subject
- Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930 > Exhibitions
- Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930
- Wölfli, Adolf > Aufsatzsammlung
- Wölfli, Adolf > Ausstellung > New York <NY, 2003>
- Art brut > Switzerland > Exhibitions
- Art brut
- Tekeningen
- Gedichten
- Muziekwerken
- Drawing, Swiss > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Artists > Switzerland > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Switzerland
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition "St. Adolf-Giant-Creation: The art of Adolf Wölfli" presented Feb. 25-May 18, 2003, at American Folk Art Museum, New York, and Sept. 18-Dec. 12, 2004, at Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-107) and index.
- Contents
- The kiss / Adolf Wölfli ; translation by Andrew Shields -- Adolf Wölfli, artist/builder : a consideration of his life and work / Elka Spoerri -- Inventions / Adolf Wölfli ; translation by Andrew Shields -- Calculation of interest : the response to Adolf Wölfli's work, 1921-2002 / Daniel Baumann -- From the cradle to the grave (excerpts) / Adolf Wölfli ; translation by Andrew Shields -- Adolf Wölfli : visionary gaphic designer / Edward M. Gomez -- The creation of God, the Almighty Father : Anno, 3671 before Christ's birth / Adolf Wölfli ; translation by Andrew Shields.
- ISBN
- 0691114986
- 9780691114989
- LCCN
- 2002112249
- OCLC
- ocm51552979
- 51552979
- SCSB-9043898
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library