(Mnemonic Press) 13

Poem by Wallace Stevens. Artist's book by Harriet Bart. [Minneapolis. MN. 2004.] 64p. 14" x 10". Designed and printed in collaboration with Philip Gallo at The Hermetic Press. Handset type printed in Delphin I and II, with Trump Mediaeval used for display, on Magnani Pescia. Figures and poem printed on rectos, stanza numbers on versos. The thirteen figures scanned and converted onto polymer plates, from which they were then printed. Book printed in black, gunmetal blue and a fugitive gray. Bound with black goatskin spine and boards covered in iridescent blue/black cloth with a blackbird foil-stamped in matte black. Slipcase of grey cloth. One in an edition of 50 copies signed by the artist. Fine.

$1400