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Eleven poems = Once poemas

Archive Print Item: Artists' Books 291

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Type of record: Book

Title: Eleven poems = Once poemas

Other titles: Poems; Once poemas; Selected poems of Federico Garcia Lorca; Lorca

Level: Item

Classmark: Artists' Books 291

Creator(s): García Lorca, Federico (1898-1936)

Additional creator(s): Frost, Terry (1915-2003) (Illustrator); Spender, Stephen (1909-1995) (Translator); Gili, Joan (Translator); De Onís, Harriet (1899-1969) (Translator); Honig, Edwin (Translator); Kemp, Lysander (1920-1992) (Translator); Read, Stanley (Translator); Humphries, Rolfe (Translator); Sykes, Richard (1946-2019) (Former owner); Mason, Penny (Former owner); Austin/Desmond Contemporary Books (Other)

Publisher: Austin/Desmond Contemporary Books

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1989

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered folded leaf, XI folded leaves, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/797496

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020975101305181

Description

Final sheet treated as title page.

Poems translated by Stephen Spender and J.L. Gili, Harriet de Onis, Edwin Honig, Lysander Kemp, Stanley Read and Rolfe Humphries.

"The poems are printed in Spanish and English on Velin Arches Blanc 270gsm paper folders. (Dimensions 575 x 385mm). The title page is designed by the artist and printed by lithography. The colour etchings are printed on Somerset Satin 300gsm paper, some being hand coloured by the artist. (Dimensions 565 x 385mm). The text and illustration are encased in a Solander box, designed by the artist. This book is published in an edition of seventy-five and has been printed, in collaboration with the artist at The Print Centre, London. Production and typography coordination by Gordon House and Hugh Stoneman. Typesetting by The Printed Word. All the books and individual prints inside are signed and numbered by the artist. Numbers 1-15 include an original drawing/watercolour. The box is calfskin leather with a printed vellum inset. Numbers 16-75 are encased in a textured cloth box. There is an 'Hors de Commerce' Edition of fifteen copies."--Title sheet.

Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 291: each etching signed and numbered by the artist; copy no.35 of 75.

Features

Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 291: Publisher's prospectus sheet folded in half into which is inserted a press release and details about the forthcoming edition.

Bindings

Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 291: unbound in black textured cloth box. Title on front of box "Lorca" with printed vellum inset.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 291: Gift from the collection of Richard Sykes and Penny Mason through the Contemporary Art Society, 2023. Purchased by Richard Sykes and Penny Mason from Austin Desmond Fine Art in 1989.

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