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H. C. Andersen: Den lille havfrue (The Little Mermaid). Brøndum 1984.
Collection of Bookbindings, no. 89/1200 signed by Per Kirkeby

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Front cover Back cover The binding Title page Between pp. 32 and 33:
Lithograph by Per Kirkeby


Designed and bound in 1997-1998 by Ernst Rasmussen (b. 1939), Denmark.
The book is illustrated with 5 original lithographs by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby (b. 1938).
Paper for covering produced for the exhibition Art in action, Oxford 1996. Exhibited at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art in 1998 (Bookbindings and works on paper, one-man show, Ernst Rasmussen).

28.8 x 22 cm.


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