Francisco Molina del Rio alias The Hook

Goldin, David; Don Besom

Published by David Goldin/Don Besom, New York, 1996

About this Item

First edition, only printing. NEW. A stiff card-stock, police-file folder with mounted label to front and side tab with a reproduction of an FBI wanted poster and a police blotter, 7 pages of reproductions of newspaper articles on cream stock, two translucent printed vellum pages and 33 color reproductions on thick white paper. Edited and bound by David Goldin and Don Besom. 44 pages; 33 color plates; 10 x 11.75 inches. From an edition limited to 50 copies. The first of three hand-made artist's books produced by Goldin and Besom. This volume reproduces work made by various artists in response to a 1960 incident in NYC where a man attacked anti-Fidel Castro demonstrators, slashing them with a hook he had in place of his missing hand and killing a nine-year-old girl. The artists--all well-known editorial illustrators and photographers, children's book artists and graphic designers--are Greg Spalenka, Christian Clayton, Charles Berberian, Hungry Dog Studios, Mark Todd, Tim Cook, David Flaherty, Jordin Isip, Russell Jones, Tom Garrett, Michael Sloan, Anastasia Vasilakis, Patrick Cunningham, James Gallagher with Gregor Ehrlich, David Goldin, Esther Watson, Dan Yaccarino, Ellen Weinstein, Rodney Allen Greenblat, Rob Clayton, Don Besom, David Miller, Robert Neubecker, Melinda Beck, Adam McCauley, Stephen Webster, Joe Rocco, Rick Sealock, Polly Becker, Victoria Kann, Courtney Granner, Gregory Shirilla, and Philippe Petit-Roulet. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Francisco Molina del Rio alias The Hook
• Publisher: David Goldin/Don Besom, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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