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Immendorff Bible in full leather binding Green patinated bronze sculpture of a monkey with ring on acrylic base Germany, 2006 Jörg Immendorff (1945-2007) - German artist and art professor Sculpture in the base signed 'Immendorff' and numbered 857/998 Immendorff Bible as a limited deluxe edition, numbered 857/998, with embossed signature Full leather binding with three-sided aluminium section; on the cover embossed ape with ring Old and New Testament in 931 pages, with the late writings of the Old Testament 30 offset illustrations by the artist Published in 2006 by the Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh / Munich Height of sculpture: 26 cm (with base: 31 cm); book size: 36 x 27 x 8.5 cm (H x W x D) Very good condition Provenance: German private collection Immendorff is considered one of the most important German artists of the 20th century; lately Immendorff´s sculpture "Monkey with ring", offered without the appending bible, fetched more than 5,000 euros at the auction market Jörg Immendorff (1945-2007) writes in the preface of his Bible: 'Let's do not forget the principle of hope, only because there are things, which are not scientifically sanctioned. Otherwise there wouldn't be any concept of faith, and no love. But what would we be without these three things?' Immendorff created this Bible and the bronze sculpture of a monkey with a ring in 2006, shortly before his death - a work in which he devoted himself to the question of meaning at the end of his life (one year later Immendorff should die in cause of a muscle disease). The title of the preface is 'Let's reach at the bird of soul', a principle that seems illustrated in the monkey sculpture. The monkey is one of Immendorff's favorite symbols. The artist did not aim for 'illustrations in the traditional sense ', but for a depiction of the 'personal struggle with the essence of human existence'. In this sense, the monkey can be regarded as a reflection of the man who reaches for the ring inscribed with 'God'. It is a kind of struggle to reach salvation - a 'path to the stars through the night into the light'. Book and sculpture are each numbered 857/998. The book cover shows Immendorff's embossed signature. The sculpture base also features the incised signature of the artist. The condition is very good, showing only minimal signs of use. The height of the sculpture is 26 cm (with base 31 cm), the book dimensions being 36 x 25 x 8.5 cm (H x W x D). The acrylic base comes with a metal mounting. Title of the book „Die gute Nachricht. Altes und Neues Testament. Mit den Spätschriften des Alten Testaments (Deuterokanische Schriften / Apokryphen)". Folio. XVII, 931 pages. With 30 colour illustrations by Jörg Immendorff. Gütersloh / Munich, Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, 2006. Jörg Immendorff (1945-2007) Originally from Bleckede in Lower Saxony, Jörg Immendorff studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and created already at the beginning of his career figurative paintings with socio-critical messages. Immendorff developed a new style of history paintings in Germany. In 1976, he took part at the Biennale in Venice. In the same year, he formed a friendship with the German painter A. R. Penck, who at this time still lived in East Germany and was proscribed there. Jörg Immendorff was declared in the 1980s as one of the most important contemporary German artists. Today, works by Immendorff are displayed in high-ranking museums, such as the New York Museum of Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf, and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in Spain.