Etching in sepia. Pencil signature. [19]83. Copy: B 17/90.

Book: 21.5 x 14 cm, plate: 16 x 11.5 cm.

1 of 90 numbered copies of the 1st edition of series B "Das Pfänderspiel. A daily political escapade. German. Russian. American, 102 pp, 1 mounted leaf, Merlin 1983. Binding minimally rubbed.

German draughtsman, graphic artist, illustrator and photographer; counts among the most outstanding German artists of the 20th century, in 2000 the "Horst Janssen Museum" dedicated to him was opened in Oldenburg. "I am after the fleeting appearances of this world in their changing disguises, so that at my funeral I could say: 'I saw it!' And if I scream until then and in between, then: leave me alone!" (Quote: HJ, 1980. www.kunstdirekt.net).