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This is the complete portfolio with 8 original hand SIGNED prints; ARTISTS: Richard Avedon, Willem de Kooning, Elaine de Kooning, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, and Larry Rivers. Together with a foreword by the poet John Ashbery; a recording of his reading of the poem and on the album, an essay by Helen Vendler; all prints and text sheets measure: 17-3/4in diameter (450mm); housed in a cylindrical canister, with 32 text sheets ( [3] 27, [2] leaves), 8 prints, 1 sound disc). 49 cm. in diam., 4 cm. high; Limited Edition of 175 numbered copies (One of 150 copies offered for sale) and this is # 144; the paper was specially made in rounds at Twinrocker Mill in Indiana; the 40 text sheets are handset in Cochin type in lines that radiate as spokes from a hub holding the page number, so that the pages are literally turned to be read; The Foreword is hand SIGNED in pencil by the poet John Ashbery, also SIGNED in pencil by the printer, Andrew Hoyem in colophon.; Each print is numbered and signed in pencil by the respective artists; print by Larry Rivers also dated '83. The sound disc (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.) is enclosed in a square folded sleeve with title: "Self-portrait in a convex mirror": the poem read by the poet, John Ashbery. The essay by Helen Vendler, "Reading and hearing John Ashbery's Self-portrait in a convex mirror," appears on p. [2-4]of sleeve. cover; canister made by Atlas Metal Spinning, San Francisco, California. THE DESCRIPTION of PRINTS: No. 1) Richard Avedon of John Ashbery; 1 photomechanical print in offset lithography (reproduction of photograph), b&w full-page. No. 2) Willem de Kooning; b&w lithograph, paper made at the Twinrocker Mill in Indiana, lithograph printed from stones at Hampton Editions Limited, Sag Harbor, N.Y. No. 3 & 4) Elaine de Kooning and Jane Freilicher; contributed 1 b&w lithograph, each full-page, Printed from stones at Hampton Editions Limited, Sag Harbor, N.Y. No 5) Jim Dine; 1 b&w woodcut, full-page, Printed at the Arion Press. (References: D'Oench, E. Jim Dine prints, 178). No. 6) Alex Katz; 1 b&w lithograph, full-page, printed from a metal plate at Siena Studio, New York. No. 7) R. B. Kitaj; 1 b&w, soft ground etching, aquatint, full-page. Printed by Aldo Crommelynck, Paris. No. 8) Larry Rivers; 1 photomechanical print : photogravure (reproduction of drawing), hand col., full-page. Printed at Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, N.Y.; CONDITION OF PORTFOLIO: all the contents are stored in the original canister and shipping cardboard box; the Willem de Kooning was for a short time floated (without tapping to a matt) in a frame but has no flaws; the Richard Avedon has some small tape pulls on the back from once being matted for a short time (no sunning to image at all); there are some small fingers prints on the canister but nothing distracting; as far as we can tell there are no other flaws with the prints, text sheets and album; otherwise all the contents in this beautiful portfolio are in EXCELLENT COND. PLEASE NOTE: the buyer must pay full insurance on the full value within the USA and International shipping. Seller Inventory # 5471
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