Comedian Karl Valentin, sometimes called the “Charlie Chaplin of Germany,” a linguistic and visual anarchist with Dadaist leanings, portrayed by means of his masks.

Schirmer/Mosel. With a foreword by Wolfgang Till and the Essay "Die Masken des Komikers" by Wilhelm Hausenstein. 188 pages, 64 plates and 3 illustrations in duotone. Size: 16.5 x 24 cm, hardcover. German edition