JONAS MEKAS, Reminiscensijos, 1972 – book design by GEORGE MACIUNAS
14 x 19,7 x 3,3 cm
offset, wood, metal hinges, ink stencil
signed on verso couver
Lithuanian language
edition 250, numbered; here number 29
inv. JMek 000-pr

During the Second World War, Jonas Mekas fled the Nazis, ending up in New York in 1949, where he became a key figure in experimental cinema. In “Remeniscences” brief and fragmentary impressions of his trip to Lithuania are depicted. He visited his old family home and reunites with his mother and other family members.

It was already summer, we left the village of Flensburg.
Ships were already sailing in the water-meadow, and
on the coastal piers, on the water, under the fishing boats
the warmth flickered.
And when we went on,
on and on, until we reached Glücksburg –
there, children were already splashing around,
wading through the dense forest of reeds.”
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History of prices:
James Cummins bookseller, New York, USA November 2025 US$ 2,500.-
Sotheby’s webshop, USA November 2025 US$ 2,500.-
Royal Books, Inc., Baltimore, USA October 2025 US$ 1,875.-
Printed Matter, New York, USA October 2025 US$ 1,500.-