Der Mittler

First edition. A finely produced artist’s book combining Botho Strauss’s text Der Mittler with eight chalk drawings by Neo Rauch: Engel, Fremder, Hinterer, Architekt, Auswertung, Rüstung, Banner and Sammler. The images were reproduced in collotype, a particularly refined photomechanical printing process, by Lichtdruck-Kunst Leipzig. The entire edition consisted of 180 numbered copies, all signed by both Strauss and Rauch. Printed on Hahnemühle Echt Bütten Aquarell 200 g/m². Typography and letterpress printing by Klaus Raasch, Hamburg; collotypes by Lichtdruck-Kunst Leipzig; hand-bound by Gerit Deppe, Münster.