Michail Karasik

(1953 - 2017)

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Как святой Франциск обратил к Богу свирепейшего Губбийского волка

How Saint Francis converted the ferocious

wolf of Gubbio to God

St. Petersburg 1996

455 x 270 mm.

Edition: 17. Copy no. 5/17

 

How Saint Francis converted the ferocious wolf of

Gubbio to God is one of the Fioretti [The Little Flowers],

a beloved collection of stories about Saint Francis of

Assissi (1182–1226). Karasik lithographed the text

made by in brush using bronze paint and black initials

on grey paper. The title-spread, three double page

and five single page compositions as well as one

quarter-pagelength illustration and an end piece are

lithographed in colour. In total there are seven folded

sheets (28 pages) bound within a purple coloured flyleaf

inside brown cardboard covers in a 17 copy edition.

The slipcase, of the same material as the cover, has a

lithograph in red. An appendix with the original Italian

text as well as a German translation has been added to

the book.