Sight and Touch

Octavio Paz

Published by Limited Editions Club, 1995

About this Item

In awarding Octavio Paz the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy said that Paz s work seems to incorporate, interpret, and reconstrue major existential questions-death, time, love, and reality. Paz dedicated his poem, Sight and Touch, to his dear friend, the Franco-Polish artist, Balthus. Balthus reciprocated with three illustrations for this Limited Editions Club book and prints. The poem is about light a wavering river that sketches its doubts and turns them to certainties. Writes Paz, Light is time thinking about itself. The poem is presented in the original Spanish, in English and in French. Three color woodcut prints by Balthus. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Each signed by Balthus and Octavio Paz. The three Balthus paintings have been turned into multicolor woodcuts by Keiji Shinohara and printed on Kozo Uwazen paper made by hand in Japan. The text is set in a Monotype version of Lutetia sharp and brilliant in cut, crisp and contemporary in feeling. The boards are covered with pure linen on the sides, overlapped on the spine with Nigerian oasis goatskin. Set in a linen covered and lined case. One Volume, 22-1/2 x 23-1/2 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS). Seller Inventory # ABE-1554066443341

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sight and Touch

Publisher: Limited Editions Club

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

Edition: 1st Edition