Portfolio "The Emperor’s New Clothes", The Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld, 1992

Portfolio "The Emperor’s New Clothes", The Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld, 1992

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numbered 6/180, dedicated, signed and dated inside "This folder consists of 6 sheets from my book “The Emperor’s New Clothes” after H.C. Andersen. Since I want to keep the originals, my publisher Wolfgang Hölker has asked me to imitate this portfolio. The illustrations are printed in 6 colours + gold, offset printed + individually mounted by hand on floral paper + signed by me. The text was transferred by hand screen printing. I think the folder is very beautiful! Sincerely K.L. Paris le 19. XII.92"

comprising six sheets in colors, each one glued on a large sheet of paper annotated with the story of the image 

each print: 9⅞x 9⅝in (25.2 x 24.5 cm) ; each sheet : 21 x 13¾in (53.5 x 35 cm)

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Portfolio “Des Kaisers neue Kleider“, das Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen, illustriert von Karl Lagerfeld, signiert und datiert, mit Widmung