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One of 20 copies only, signed and numbered by the artist / author. Written, designed, and illustrated with original woodcuts by artist Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 11 x 7 1/2"; 24 pp. Bound: loose folios of Kochi paper gathered in a handmade pulp paper wrapper of pale sea green; custom made clamshell in green cloth by Claudia Cohen. Poem printed at The Grenfell Press in Centaur; title letterpressed on cover of wrapper, and on paper label on box spine. This is a work of simple elegance, almost Japanese in its restraint, and yet exuding a quiet warmth. The woodcut illustrations in pale green and brown work with ample negative space; these white spaces levitate Plimpton's gentle poem. The simple geometric shapes themselves recollect abstract expressionism, without ever feeling stark. The text reads: "You put your eye on top/ and left it there/ running on/ the black struck walls/ the night to run/ inbetween/ taking a breath to stop/ blind steps to answer/ walking back."
Steps to Answer.
Plimpton, Sarah.
New York City: The Grenfell Press, 2000.
Price: $850.00
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One of 20 signed and numbered copies, all on Fabriano paper. Page size: 10-3/4 x 7-3/8". Bound: loose as issued in buff Fabriano paper wrappers printed with artist/author and title in black. Housed in black cloth clamshell box, fine. The poetry is set in Spectrum and printed letterpress by the author at and with the assistance of The Grenfell Press. The aquatints were printed by Peter Pettengill in Hinsdale, NH. Sarah Plimpton's book is a collection of six poems on three folio sheets, each with aquatints on both sides. The aquatints are in black and shades of gray going to white on the buff-colored Fabriano. In some cases they surround the word; in others the image occupies the complete folded sheet. The images are raw and jagged with a haunting quality, perfectly suiting the verse. "the curtain has its stars / you wouldn't hear / and the light I lit / has gone / the edges / are steps / with the night instead". Sarah Plimpton shows at the June Kelly Gallery in New York and has had her poems published in various literary magazines such as the Partisan Review and The Paris Review. Her artist books are in the collections of the New York Public Library; Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library; The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and the Bibliotheque Jacques Doucet, Paris, among others. This is her twelfth limited edition artist's book.
Edges Are Steps.
Plimpton, Sarah.
NY: 2001.
Price: $750.00
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First Edition, one of 20 copies, signed and numbered by the artist / author, all on handmade Arches. Written, designed, illustrated and printed by artist Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 11 inches x 7-3/4 inches; 20pp. Bound: loose folios gathered in handmade black paper wrapper; custom made clamshell case in mustard cloth by Claudia Cohen, fine. Poems printed at the Manhattan Graphics Center and at the Grenfell Press in Spectrum; aquatints printed by Peter Pettengill in Hinsdale, New Hampshire; title letterpressed on paper label on cover of wrapper, and on paper label on box spine. Shades of gray and mauve color the abstract designs shadow Plimpton's thoughtful verses.
The Over and Over.
Plimpton, Sarah.
New York: 2002.
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Somewhere Else.
Plimpton, Sarah.
[New York: 2003].
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First Edition, one of 20 copies signed by the artist / author all on hand-made Magnani Pescia paper. Bound: loose as issued in black wrappers, housed in black silk - shot through with copper glints - clamshell box, with copper iridescent paper at all edges and spine, lettered in black on copper paper spine. 20pp; each of these 20 pages with original aquatint (in black, grays, and browns) by Sarah Plimpton, six poems printed letterpress in Walbaum type. The poems are: Black Palette, Spilled Light, Half Day, Color as Cold, Breath, Day to Day. The aquatints were printed by Peter Pettengill in Hinsdale, New Hampshire; the text was printed at the Grenfell Press in New York City by Leslie Miller. The box was made by Claudia Cohen who has embodied lines from Plimpton's first poem in the box, "I tied the eyes together / and mixed the colors / black / the sun burned through..." as the black fabric used on the box is woven with copper as well as black threads, resulting in a black shot through with glints of sunlight. In all, a somber, elegant presentation of Plimpton's moving verses. The abstract images are organic in a way that always makes them move menacingly toward the poetry: taking aim, breathing fire, finally kept within some confines, acknowledging Plimpton's verse, "...but the sun had come through..." The artist tells us, "Black has always had an attraction for me - Black as in night, as in infinite space, the night sky, the black of the crow, every question seems to start and stop with black - black as soot, velvet black. Objects of color seem of this world, black draws to another."
Black Palette.
Plimpton, Sarah.
New York: 2004.
Price: $850.00
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Doubling Back.
Plimpton, Sarah.
[New York: 2005].
Price: $1,000.00
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One of 15 copies, all on Arches and Hosokawa Ohban papers, each hand numbered and signed by the author / artist / printer, Sarah Plimpton, in pencil on colophon page. Page size: 7 inches x 10 inches; 30pp. Bound by Claudia Cohen: wrappers of gray handmade paper, sewing exposed on spine of red linen thread, also visible in the gutters of text pages, label printed on red Japanese paper with author's name and title, fine. Containing 8 original woodcuts, 7 of which are in black; the 8th is in red. Printed letterpress in Dante by Brad Ewing at The Grenfell Press in New York, this prose poem explores a man-woman relationship always against a background of great natural beauty. The words themselves take on the organic feel one associates with nature writing. Throughout the book, the artist / author juxtaposes sharp images, angular and geometric, that intrigue and refer back to the letters on the printed page - making the soft, intimate words seem all the more piercing.
Hand Over Hand.
Plimpton, Sarah.
[New York: 2006].
Price: $950.00
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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.
Noise of the Rain.
Plimpton, Sarah.
New York: 2007.
Price: $1,200.00
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Artist's book, one of 15 copies, all on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, each copy signed and numbered by the poet / artist / printer, Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches; 20pp. Bound: loose as issued, in cinnamon-colored wrappers, black label title printed in gold on spine housed in brick-colored cloth custom-made clamshell box, black leather label with title and author in gold gilt on spine, made by Claudia Cohen. Ms. Plimpton's poem reads, "one eye / drawing circles / with fingers tightened / round like an hour / left / on the paper / for now". The text is set in Dante and printed with the help of Brad Ewing at The Grenfell Press in New York. Each page is an original aquatint on an ochre colored ground with the exception of the middle double page spread with is on a pale moss green ground with deeper green forms. Extremely organic, each page of images surround the word / words, almost devouring them (think Pac-man). The textures achieved in the aquatints belie their two-dimensionality. The plates were made and proofed by the artist at the Manhattan Graphics Center and editioned by Peter Pettengill. Ms. Plimpton's personal journey with forms and words is captivating.
For Now.
Plimpton, Sarah.
[New York: 2008].
Price: $750.00
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Keeping Time.
Plimpton, Sarah.
[New York: 2009].
Price: $1,200.00
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