Parabel vom Wasserbecken.
The Parable of the Water Tank. Luxembourg 1986 – Milan 2025
50 collages b/w, 12 text collages, 1 coloured collage (cover)
Accompanied by the text Bert Theis: Collage as Political Paradigm by Marco Scotini, with German, French and Italian translations.
Publishers: Bert Theis Archive, Luxembourg, in collaboration with Archive Books, Berlin
With the support of FOCUNA – Fonds Culturel National Luxemburg
Editors: Mariette Schiltz, Angelo Castucci
Graphic design: Lilia Di Bella
Translations: Patrick (Boris) Kremer, Enrico Lunghi, Steve Piccolo, Paolo Scotini
Digital postproduction: Giuliano Manselli Droma Studio, Milan
Printing and binding: Paolo Nava Studio, Milan
Paper: Fedrigoni Old Mill Bianco 190gr, Fedrigoni Woodstock Grigio 170gr
Book: 20 x 14 x 3 cm / pages 192
Slipcase: 21 x 14 x 3,5 cm
signed limited edition of 100.
Price: 350,00€
Order at: archive@berttheis.com
This book is published on the occasion of the artist’s exhibition at Konschthal Esch, Luxembourg in 2025. It was produced by Studio Paolo Nava (Milan) in an edition of 100 numbered copies bearing the imprint of the Bert Theis Archive.
This series of collages is emblematic of the artist’s work in the 1980s. It is based on Edward Bellamy’s text “The Parable of the Water Tank”, a satire on capitalism from his utopian novel “Equality“ (1897), which was widely read in militant socialist and anarchist circles at the time.
