Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Arion Press Ex. 32/150

Ashbery, John
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. The Poem with originalprints by: Richard Avedon, Elaine de Koonig, Willem de Koonig, Jim Dine,Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R.B.Kitaj, Larry Rivers. Together with a fore-word by the poet, a recording of his reading of the poem, and on the Albuman essay by Helen Vendeler.San Francisco, Arion Press 1984. 39 runde loseBlatt, und zwar 27 mit Text des Gedichts ( wobei die einzelnen Zeilen derjew. Strophe von der Mitte jeder Seite aus kreisförmig ausstrahlen), 8 mit den Illustrationen (alle einzeln num.u.vom jeweil. Künstler sign.) In rost-freier Stahl-Dose, Deckel mit konvexem Spiegel. - Eins von 150 Expl. (zusätzlich 25 Expl. hors de commerce). Die restlichen 4 Blatt enthalten Titel (mit Parmigiano`s "Self-Portrait in a ConvexMirror" 1523-24), Foreword (vom Autor signiert), Colophon ( vom Leiter derPresse Andrew Hoyem signiert) und Impressum. 13.Druck der Arion Press.The type is handset Cochin. The paper was made by hand at the TwinrockerMill in Brookston, Indiana. The letterpress printing was done on a HackerHand Press. - The artists' prints were produced by the following processesand printers: Richard Avedons photograph by continuos-tone offset litho-graphy at Magnolia Editions, California, by D. Farnsworth and St. McKee
the lithographs of Elaine de Koonig, Willem de Koonig, and Jane Freilicherfrom stones at Hampton Editions, New York, by D.Welden
Jim Dine's woodcutat the Arion Press by G.Reddan and L.Van Velzer
the lithograph of AlexKatz from a metal plate at Siena Studio New York by J.C.Erikson and J.Pe-truzzelli
R.B.Kitaj's softground etching with aquatint tone by A. Cromme-lynck in Paris
L.Rivers etching by Photogravure by C.Zammiello, New York.

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