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Click to enlargeThe City: A Vision in Woodcuts

Frans Masereel
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ISBN: 0486447316
Page Count: 112
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
This graphic novel by an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany in 1925, it presents 100 woodcuts of remarkable force and beauty that depict scenes of work and leisure, wealth and deprivation, and joy and loneliness.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Kurt Wolff, Munich, 1925.

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