Pencil drawing. Pencil signature on page 1. 1979 on page 1. blind stamp "Altenbourg" on page 1.

Booklet: 19.5 x 14.5 cm.

Hand drawing on mirror of the booklet "Gerhard Altenbourg. Zeichnungen und Graphik aus drei Jahrzehnten", Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Erwerbungen 33; as addition 2 publications: Exhibition catalog "Gerhard Altenbourg. Woodcuts. Museum and Castle Hinterglauchau. February 22 to March 31, 1976" and "Catalogue raisonné of metalwork and related drawings by Gerhard Altenbourg. Grassimuseum für Kunsthandwerk Leipzig, 1987".

"That which happens, happens in you (and only in you), or it will not be." (Quote: GA, art-in.de) - German painter, graphic artist and lyricist who refused the official art policy of the GDR and whose work was thus hampered by bans and closures of exhibitions until the 1980s. "Altenbourg [...] produces a body of work that can rival the greats of world art in opacity, filigree and mastery of craft. [...] The characteristic, infinitely fine-veined web of lines that he created in the process, often superimposed several times, moves between Surrealism and Art Brut, aims at the superreal, recalls Paul Klee and Jean Dubuffet." (Ingo Arend on GA at taz.de).