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My Desert Item date(s): 2001 Ulrich Schwanecke Pages: unpaged Size: 226mm, oblong Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist Edition: Unique Place publication: Johannesburg, RSA Publisher: The artist Additional notes: Colophon: "This book is not a travel guide for people wanting to visit the desert. It is not a teaching manual for students, nature lovers or conservationists. It's not a book for anyone looking for facts. Actually it is not a book at all, but a series of hand-painted water-colours - bound like a book. The text serves to 'illustrate' the images. The series is dedicated to the Namib who inspired it, too, and whose beauty and sublimity I experienced often." Signed by the author on each painting; text in manuscript. Bound in full red leather with title in gold. Exhibition notes: Gaia: Dialogue between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities. JBCBA, WAM. Curated by David Paton & Ciara Struwig. 16 September – 12 December 2025 Ref: GB/05721