Donne john wayne june (2 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Paris: c. 1959. Black portfolio box with pastedown in good condition, contents near fine. Fifteen loose lithos and poems on folded sheets, plus sheets for the title page, dedication, table of contents, and two colophons (one noting the size of the run and number of the edition, which has been signed by Wayne and another supplying credits for the printing process). Each litho was printed from its stone in Paris on a hand press to the deckle edges, 'bleed image,' on one half of a 15 x 22 1/4" sheet of Rives BFK paper which was then folded to enclose the letterpress poem. Limited to 110 copies, this being no. 25. Our copy is beyond complete and also includes an additional typeset dedication page from Wayne to noted Freudian American psychoanalyst Leo Rangell and his wife Anita (friends and early patrons of Wayne) and two additional lithographs not included in the original set, both of which have been editioned and signed by Wayne. Lithos printed by Marcel Durassier (the French master printmaker who also collaborated with Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Chagall, et al); the typographers were Bruder Hartmann of West Berlin. From Mary W. Baskett's The Art of June Wayne: ". . . in the fall of 1958, Wayne was back in Paris doing lithographs with Durassier again, intensely involved with the Donne imagery, and intent now on publishing a 'livre de luxe' of the love poems. The result of a lithographic marathon which spanned approximately seventy days and nights between October 15 and December 25, 1958 was the book, 'John Donne, Songs and Sonets, Lithographs by June Wayne.' . . . The images themselves, have the power to change one's vision, to kindle a rethinking of the structure of the universe. They provide a powerful yet sensitive accompaniment to the poems." Arguably Wayne's masterpiece, representing a watershed moment in the history of lithographic printing. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).…

signed limited. In this series of fifteen lithograph prints by artist June Wayne (American, 1918-2011), images are accompanied by selections from the love poems that inspired them. Wayne's lithographs translate sonnets by 17th-century English poet John Donne into expressive visual forms. SIGNED limited edition, signed by Wayne. Lithographs are in a portfolio box that is in good condition, front cover cracked along spine, fabric on spine partially loose, wear and rubbing, some white spots to back cover. Lithos inside near fine, inside cover partially torn along front of spine, small water stain to bottom foldout.…