Gruß an Louis Armstrong. 1976.
The Portfolio comprising 4 aquatint etchings in colors, 3 lithographs in colors, 1 etching in colors, 1 aquatint, 1 embossing with metal coating, title leaf, imprint and 10 records by Louis Armstrong released by Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Published on occasion of his 5th day of death. Published by Merlin Verlag, Hamburg 1976.
Each sheet signed and numbered. Some dated (8), titled (2) and inscribed (1). Title leaf numbered in imprint. One of 22 Roman numbered copies from an overall edition of 222. On wove paper (some with BFK Rives watermark). Up to 63 x 45 cm (24,8 x 17,7 in), the full sheet.
Contains: "Portrait Louis Armstrong" by Horst Antes. "Trompeter" by Uwe Bremer. "Steig auf unsere Rücken, Louis!" by Johannes Grützke. "Mr. Armstrong was here" by Pit Morell. "Stillleben für Louis Armstrong" by Peter Nagel. "Grosser schwarzer Trompetervogel" by Michael Mathias Prechtl. "Musikalisches Blättlein" by Dieter Roth. "St. Louis Blues" by Albert Schindehütte. "New Orleans Function" by Johannes Vennekamp. "Gruss an Louis Armstrong" by Arno Waldschmidt. Printed by various printshops. Loose sheets in original board case. The complete set. [KH].