Wave by Barnet Will Ashbery John (1 results)

ASHBERY, John. A Wave. Suite of 8 lithographs by Will Barnet. Small folio. Publisher's linen folding box by Claudia Cohen. New York: 451 Books, 2002. One of an edition of 30 copies of the print portfolio only (book is not included), with each of the lithographs signed by Barnet. This suite of signed prints was issued to accompany the edition of Ashbery's A Wave, published by 451 Books in an edition of 90 copies. A Wave is the first book from 451 Books, designed by Sasha Cutter and Charles Miller and printed at the Grenfell Press. This new book has to be one of the most felicitous examples of bookmaking in recent times. The poetry of John Ashbery is perfectly complemented by Barnet's elegantly restrained prints.…