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Dzhon Lesin
Урок человеколюия...
Lesson in charity…
Moscow: Goppe, 2012
225 x 312 mm. pages nn.
Edition: 10, copy № 1/10 with an
autograph by the author and the
original designs
The full title of this book with verses by John (Evgenii) Lesin is
‘Lesson in Charity in the Columbian Police Academy (a song of Love
in the style of Chen Tai)’. For this book with socio-political verses,
Goppe designed six full page colour lithographs on top of which he
printed a linocut in black-and-white (figure right). The text is printed
on the left and the images on the right pages. Added to this copy
is the first model of the book almost in a square format with a set
of completely different illustrations (figure above). Some imagery
elements such as advertisements are incorporated in the final
designs, other elements such as photo collages were not included at
all. It shows how much work and thought Goppe puts into his designs.
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