Willy Fries – Atheists 1931

Gottlose (Atheists / Godlesses)
by Willy Fries (Wattwil 1907 – Wattwil 1980)
A story in pictures
Erlenbach-Zürich, Leipzig, München, Eugen Rentsch, (1931)
With 26 full-page original woodcuts and a woodcut image on the book cover.

Pages: 27,6 x 21,3 cm
Plates: 10,4 x 14 cm

No. 128 of 220 numbered copies on laid paper (total edition 250 copies)

Signed by the artist in the imprint:
Willy Fries

Willy Fries began his academic years in Berlin in 1929. He captures his impressions of big city life during the late 20s in this series.
The woodcut series “Gottlos” was shown in 1931 at an exhibition in Berlin in the house of the Free Jury, Platz der Republik 4, opposite the Reichstag.

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