Illustration zu "Meine Eltern. Ihr Leben in Holzschnitten erzählt."

The first illustration of the book shows Lebek with magnifying glass testing a print stock that he is cutting. Hundreds of woodcuts were made in his small workshop in the Rosenweg in Zeitz. In the background, a stone press, which he also used for high pressure. The sheet, signed by Johannes Lebek, belongs to a cassette without text, printed by Hubert Wegner in Adelebsen 1984 (circulation 20 copies). The first edition of the hand-held press was published in 1949 with 56 woodcuts and a title woodcut in 6 copies. The same edited by Hubert Wegner, private print Hannover 1985, block book with wooden cuts and text printed from the stick, 300 copies In the book “Der Holzschneider Johannnes Lebek Leben und Werk” edited by Elisabeth and Hubert Wegner, Rudolf Schneider Verlag Munich 60, 1988, it was published in 1949. (Museum Schloss Moritzburg Zeitz)