rakes progress poem five sections von david hockney posner (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. David Hockney (illustrator). 1st Edition. A beautiful book containing illustrations by David Hockney accompanied by a commissioned poem by David Posner. Errata slip inserted. Bound in black cloth with grey title on the front board, and a black plastic gripper strip on the spine. Minimal external wear. A little previous owner sticker inside the front (Jack Pritchard, Isokon). Pages smooth, clean and unmarked. Just beginning to age-tone at the edges. May incur additional postage charges overseas.

First edition one of an edition limited to 450 copies only, lacking the loose errata sheet as issued. Square folio (14.5 x 15.5 ins); unpaginated. Illustrated with 16 reduced half-tone letterpress blocks after etchings by Hockney. Original black cloth boards with black laminate plastic spine binder, lettering to front cover in grey. Spots of foxing to half-title page and some minor water stains to the verso of last text leaf. Text set in 18pt Century Schoolbook and the two-colour halftone plates were made by Engravers Guild Ltd, London. Printed on Dual White Proven Art paper. Of this work Hockney says, "These etchings were begun in London in September 1961 after a visit to the United States. My intention was to make eight plates, keeping the title originally invented by Hogarth, but moving the setting to New York". No dust-jacket, as issued. A couple of very light scratches to boards but still an excellent copy. The Lion and Unicorn Press was founded in 1954 at the Royal College of Art, London. Named after the Festival of Britain's Lion and the Unicorn Pavilion, the Lion and Unicorn Press was established with the aim of producing finely designed and typeset books, illustrated, printed and bound at the RCA. Book.

First edition, first printing, with the loose errata sheet as issued; one of 450 copies only. Hockney began making the etchings in September 1961. His intention was to recreate the eight plates and keep the titles originally invented by William Hogarth but move the setting to New York. He finally made 35 plates, of which 19 were abandoned. Hockney suggested that Posner should write the poem, which was to be a work in it's own right and not necessarily to illustrate his engravings. The etchings were published in editions of 50 in 1963 by Editions Alecto. Also included is a catalogue of the exhibition displaying the original etchings which was held at the Print Centre, London, 3-24 December 1963. Square folio. Illustrated with 16 reduced half-tone letterpress blocks after etchings by Hockney. Original black cloth boards with slide-on plastic spine binder, lettering to front cover in grey, printed on Dual White Proven art paper. No dust jacket issued. Boards lightly rubbed, otherwise an excellent copy.