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Published by Boosey and Hawkes, 1968
Seller: Book Stop, Inc., Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Indiana (illustrator). Covers are age tones. Ink stamp on front cover. Small area rubbed through on front cover at top near spine.
Published by New World Records, New York, 1977
Seller: Honey & Wax Booksellers, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Pop artist Robert Indiana's vivid serigraph poster for the 1977 New World Records release of The Mother of Us All, Virgil Thomson's 1947 opera about Susan B. Anthony, with a libretto by Gertrude Stein: "The right to sleep is given to no woman." Indiana had long been an active admirer of The Mother of Us All, designing sets for several stage productions, including the Santa Fe Opera's 1976 bicentennial production, whose recording is advertised here. The typography features Indiana's signature tipped O in MOTHER, a design element that recalls his iconic LOVE sculpture and stamp. For more on Indiana and The Mother of Us All, see David Littlejohn, "Artists on the Opera Stage" in The Ultimate Art (1992). A really attractive promotional poster, whose minor flaws would be mitigated by proper framing. Promotional poster, measuring 36 x 24 inches, screenprinted in red, yellow, black, white, and purple. Three corners creased, several short closed tears to bottom edge.