JACOBSEN, WERNER:
Bloktryk fra Nepal. (Block-prints from Nepal).
Copenhagen: Rhodos 1966. Large fol. 94 p. with 9 orig. handcoloured block-prints and 6 in black and white. Orig. half canvas. In slipcase.
¶ Limited to 67 copies. The handcoloured prints are all originals acquired in Nepal i 1956-59. The black/white are hand-printed in Copenhagen on imported nepalese paper made by paper-makers in Nepal's mountains. The blocks for these prints are now destroyed. The coverprint shows the oldest Nepalese block-print depicting Durga's fight against Mahishasura, drawn and handprinted by Jette Seiden. The first print in the book shows the elephant God Ganesha, the titlepage Krishna. Apart from describing the technique the author also reports on the different religious ceremonies, such as the snake ceremony. These prints were belived to have magical powers, and were nailed to a wall or the door of the house, and stayed there until they were destroyed by age.
Werner Jacobsen (1914-79), Danish anthropologist. He participated in the Haslund-Christensen Expedition to Mongolia in 1938-39. Between 1946 and 1959 he went on two long journeys to India and Nepal. From these he brought home large collections to Danish museums.
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