Harms, Anja / Müller-Fries, Eberhard : Der Panther The Panther
In the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
His eyes have got so weary of the bars
going by, they can’t grasp anything else.
He feels like there’s a thousand bars,
a thousand bars and no world beyond.

The soft tread of his strong, supple stride
turns him in ever tighter circles,
like the dance of force about a centre
in which a great will stands, stunned.
But now and then, the curtains over his eyes
quietly lift… and an image enters,
goes through his tense and silent limbs…
and dies out in his heart.
Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903 ger., hand typesetting, letterpress printing, paper cutting, bamboo sticks, leporello in wooden box, 16p, 7 x 12 inch, Ed. of 10, num., sign., Oberursel, 2024 Request of availability backnext