Noise of the Rain.
Plimpton, Sarah.
New York: 2007. Artist's Book, one of 15 copies, all on Rives BFK paper, signed and numbered by the artist / author, Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 14-1/2 x 10-1/8 inches; 20pp. Each of the 20 pages has original pochoir prints by the artist / author in muted shades of orange, brown, plum, slate blue, yellow, terracotta, and green. The text is set in Bell Monotype and was printed in black by the artist with the help of Brad Ewing at The Grenfell Press. Bound: loose as issued in original plain gray wrapper, with title debossed on the front panel, housed in plum cloth clamshell box by Claudia Cohen with title and artist's name debossed on Rives paper label on spine, fine. Ms. Plimpton's poem is personal and immediate - telling of an experience shared with the entire human race: listening to rain on surfaces and in the air with its ensuing sounds ranging from terrifying loud to delicate softness. The images that surround the words are playful organic shapes - one thinks of a bead ball falling through a maze to its ultimate cutout final space. That such a common natural occurrence is so celebrated by Ms. Plimpton is as much a pleasure as the rain itself. (Item ID: 10004)
$1,200.00
