Michail Karasik

(1953 - 2017)

2997

David and Uriah

St. Petersburg 1996

360 x 420 mm.

Edition: 27. Copy no. 2/27

 

 

David and Uriah is a story from the Second Book

of Samuel in the Bible. The text is offset printed on

white paper; the illustrations are colour lithographs.

Karasik printed three single page and two double

page illustrations. All the lithographs are bound as

separate pages between text pages, the double page

illustrations in the form of fold outs. Half of one of the

double page lithographs is used a second time as a

frontispiece. The book is bound in a cover of dark blue

paper with a monochrome lithograph. The 27 copy

edition has a cardboard slipcase similar to the cover.