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Artist’s Book with Decidedly Feminist Theme
11. Cummins, Maureen. Crazy
Quilt. The Memoirs of Alleged Madness. [Brooklyn, NY]:
1998. $800
Signed,
Limited Edition, one of 100 copies all on white cover-weight
folio paper. Page size: 10 inches x 10 inches closed, open:
30 inches x 30 inches. Bound: black cloth over boards with
multiple-color print inset into the front cover, housed in
matching patterned slipcase with title on spine. Each of the
16 pages with silkscreen and letterpress on each page, which
is patchwork of black alternating with rich blocks of color
(over 75 separate colors). The text is in the form of
stitch-like handwriting. The hinged pages unfold in four
directions to reveal many shapes and patterns resembling a
large crazy quilt. The text is a collection of excerpts from
narratives written by women imprisoned for madness and
include authors such as Elizabeth Packard, Charlotte Perkins
Gilman, Kate Millett, and Frances Farmer. The artist,
Maureen Cummins, designed, printed and bound this book while
in residence at the Women’s Studio Workshop which provided
the funding for this ambitious project. This is a beautiful
book, full of arresting images and haunting text. (6596)
12. Davidson, Laura. Book of
Hours. Boston: 1996. $850
| One of
21 copies each signed and numbered by the artist. Page size:
4-5/16
inches x 4-1/8
inches. Bound: red boards with black leather spine, onlay
within a wood frame of metal clock face, title incised in
gold gilt in boards. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings
traditionally associated with the Hours of the Virgin. Fine.
(6635) |
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13. Davidson, Laura. Vaso.
Boston: 1994. $700
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One of
20 copies each signed and numbered by the artist. Page size:
6-¼ inches x 4-¼ inches. Bound: painted red boards with
black leather spine, ceramic laid onto front panel in white
with beige border surrounding a black antique vase with the
title in black lettering, screwed on with two brass screws.
Illustrated with 10 woodcuts that are cut-out and onlaid
onto black french-fold paper with text written by the artist
in white identifying the antique vases, e.g. “Etruscan
Vase/Villa Giulia, Rome”. Fine. (6636)
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New from Michael Kuch’s Double
Elephant Press
Samson & Delilah – from Delilah’s
Viewpoint
14. Double Elephant Press. Kuch,
Michael. Disasters of Love - A Defense of Delilah.
Hadley, MA: Double Elephant Press, 2006.
$3,500
One of
60 copies, on various hand-made papers, signed by the artist
/ author, Michael Kuch. Page size: 17 inches x 12 inches.
Bound by Barry Spence: Coptic style, hinged at top, where
etchings rest as friezes above the paired columns of text,
collage on front cover with marbled paper pillars; between
its columns, etched eyes peer through scissor handles
snapping at a Bosch bagpipe bas-relief; housed in a box
which opens into an easel to view the book as it opens up.
The book consists of a poem, lithographs and intaglios, all
by Michael Kuch. The story of Samson and Delilah is retold
in Delilah’s voice. The etchings relate to the poem by myth
and metaphor; the entire Hebrew text from Judges is
incorporated into these intaglios. The book’s images
reference well-known historical works of art. Between the
columns of text, twelve lithographs from stone depict the
brutish Samson engaged in his Herculean labors. Printed on
translucent flax over Piranesian ruins, the last two columns
crumble. Handmade Czech text sheets were woven at the
fore-edge by strips of flax paper to make double-thick
pages. The letterpress was by Art Larson and set and cast by
Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari in 14 point Didot Lutetia and 12
point Bembo for a Biblical-text appendix. Between text
columns, Catherine Ulitsky fenestrated sheets for the
lithographs. The lithographs were pulled from stones by Tim
Sheesley on handmade gampi torinoko. The printing of the
intaglios was also by Art Larsen. This beautiful intriguing
book is a delight. (9803)
Ediciones Dos Amigos
–
A Selection of Their
Publications
Complete List of
Titles Available on Request
15. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Genesis
and Exodo (Exodus). Two Volumes. Buenos Aires: Ediciones
Dos Amigos, 2001.
$4,000
One of
40 copies, all on Velin d’Arches paper. Page size: 12-¾
inches x 9-¾ inches; 84pp; and 72pp; respectively. Bound:
each book loose in original drab wrappers, GENESIS with an
original engraving consisting of green, ochre, brown
arabesques with title in black on front and back panels;
EXODO with the title printed in red on front panel and in
Hebrew in buff above the Spanish, housed in tan paper over
boards clamshell box with title in black on spine, fine.
Etchings and aquatints in GENESIS by Alicia Scavino, signed
by the artist on the final plate of GENESIS. Etchings and
aquatints in EXODO by Mirta Kupferminc. Hand set and printed
letterpress in 12pt. Electra by Ruben R. Lapolla, the
edition was supervised by Samuel Cesar Palui and Ernesto
Lowenstein. These two companion volumes are extremely
beautiful and evocative of the creation and deliverance
stories. One does not so much read the text as enter into
the world of the Hebrews - perhaps due to the sand-colored
borders around the text or the placement of images in
relation to text. The original prints, vital and arresting,
offer a unique visualization of the oldest story. (9720)
16. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Arenas,
Braulio. El mundo poetico de Braulio Arenas containing
Rimbaud’s El Barco Ebrio. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos
Amigos, 1985. $400
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One of
60 copies on Arches from a total issue of 62, numbered and
signed by the publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui. Illustrated
with two original full-page aquatints that were editioned
with the aid of Mirta Ripoll. The text was hand set and
printed letterpress by Ruben Raul Lapolla in 18pt Garamond
in two colors, red for the poems’ titles and initial letters
and black for the text. The poem by Rimbaud, “El Barco
Ebrio” (“Le Bateau Ivre”) which is contained within the
verses of EL MUNDO POETICO DE BRAULIO ARENAS, is printed on
tan Ingres paper. Page size: 12-15/16
x 9-1/16
inches and 10-9/16
inches, 40pp. Bound: loose as issued in green
wrapper, printed with publisher’s initials on front
fold-over tab, housed in red cloth and blue paper
box with author and title printed on front and on
spine, fine. |
The aquatints are
lovely. The first is of a child floating a paper boat and
the second a surreal cityscape. The image of the child
harmonizes perfectly with the verse making the connection
between the free expressions of the young with the efforts
of the Surrealists. Braulio Arenas (1913-1988) Chilean poet,
short story writer and dramatist, was awarded the National
Prize for Literature in 1984. Considered a key Chilean
surrealist, he was one of the founding members of the
Mandragora (Surreal group) in 1938. (9819)
17. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Asturias,
Miguel Angel. Magicos Hombres Magicos (Magic, Magic Men).
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1971.
$450
| One of
42 copies on Raffaello Fabriano paper, signed by the printer
Samuel Cesar Palui on the colophon, from a total issue of
54: 1 copy on green Auvergne paper of Richard de Bas, 11on
orange Auvergne paper of Richard de Bas, 42 copies on
Raffaello Fabriano paper (this copy). Page size: 14 inches x
10 inches; 28 pages. Bound: loose in original magenta
wrappers printed with author and title in black on front
cover, fine. Each copy contains an original full-page
aquatint by Gabriela Aberastury which is signed and numbered
by her in pencil. Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) Nobel
Prize winning author from Guatemala, spent many years in
Argentina, his wife’s native country. His poetry is well
served by this noted Argentine press. (9783) |
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The Masterpiece of the Press
18. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Borges,
Jorge Luis. El Aleph. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos
Amigos, 1997.
$27,500
One of
25 copies, but each copy unique, all printed on cream Velin
d’Arches paper. Etchings and aquatints by Gabriela
Aberastury, this copy one of the publisher’s copies,
unsigned and unnumbered. Page size: 13-¼ inches x 10
inches; 176pp; each page an original print, many times using
several different print processes. Bound: loose in original
gray wrappers blind-embossed with the titles of the 18
stories that are contained in the book, author, title in
dark gray printed on spine and front wrapper, housed in
gray cloth over boards clamshell box with original etching
on front of box, title printed in black on the spine, box a
bit dinged at edges, book fine. Started in 1984 and finished
13 years later under the direction of Samuel Cesar Palui and
printed by Ruben R. Lapolla. Samuel Cesar Palui and Ernesto
Lowenstein published this book to commemorate the centenary
of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges in 1999. The artwork was
created by Gabriela Aberastury who editioned all the prints.
Rather than illustrate the text story by story, Aberastury
chose to explore and reveal the Borgesian universe. She used
different techniques: oil, acrylic, lacquer, engraving,
gofrado, and pencil. She worked with the typographer /
printer Ruben Lapolla to create pages that appear to have no
beginning and no end - that seem not to have been created
but rather revealed. One does not read this book as much as
completely enter another realm created by it and experience
this other world with several senses. The text is printed
using linotype with gold, silver, copper and black used to
create contrasts when the coloring of the paper required it.
Truly a masterpiece of book arts, it is completely original
and resembles no other book we’ve seen. (9722)
19. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Borges,
Jorge Luis. Ficciones (Fictions). Buenos Aires:
Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1987.
$4,000
One of
40 copies, all on velin d’Arches paper from a total issue of
42: 40 on velin d’Arches and 2 on Japan paper, all signed on
the colophon by publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui. Page size:
13-1/16
inches x 10 inches; [i] [1-10] 11-175 [176-180] pp. Bound:
loose in original pink wrappers, author’s name engraved in
dark blue, title in light green, dark green, and gray large
wood-type letters; housed in buff paper and red cloth box
with red silk lining, title printed in black on front cover
and on spine. Illustrated with 18 full-page engravings as
follows: 3 by Gabriela Aberastury, 3 by Julio Pagano, 3 by
Mirta Ripoll, 8 by Alicia Scavino, and a portrait of the
artist by Raul Russo. Hand set in 14pt. Bodoni by Ruben Raul
Lapolla and printed under the supervision of Samuel Cesar
Palui in three colors. The text is in black, page numbers in
red, and highlights and title page in blue and black. The
book was started in 1984 and was not published until 1987.
This elaborate edition is one of the most beautiful of the
press and, in my opinion, the most beautiful edition of
FICCIONES. (9779)
20. Ediciones Dos Amigos. Borges,
Jorge Luis. Funes El Memorioso. Funes, the Memorizer.
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1981.
$400
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One of
50 copies on Verge paper, each numbered and signed by the
publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui. Page size: 8-9/16
inches x 5-½ inches; 28 leaves including a full-page color
etching by Mirta Ripoll. Bound: original blue wrappers with
the author’s initials printed in red (large wooden type) and
the title in smaller type printed in black, fine. Hand set
and letterpress printed in 6pt. Garamond, this is a handsome
edition of Borges’ story. (9780) |
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