The Vermont Notebook (Signed Limited Edition)

ASHBERY, John and Joe Brainard

ISBN 10: 0876852274 / ISBN 13: 9780876852279

Published by Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1975

About this Item

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 101 pages. A single long poem from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" and numerous other books. Includes black and white illustrations by Joe Brainard. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some very faint foxing to the page edges and in a near fine acetate dust jacket. Signed by both Ashbery and Brainard on the colophon page.

Seller Inventory # 212091

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vermont Notebook (Signed Limited Edition)
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, CA
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876852274
• ISBN 13: 9780876852279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
• Weight: 2.125 pounds
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Originally published by Black Sparrow Press in 1975, and long out of print, The Vermont Notebook combines the writing of the American master John Ashbery with the ink drawings of Joe Brainard (1942-1994). This is Ashbery at his wacky best, from long lists that seem to make some sense, to short lists that seem to make no sense, to made-up diary entries. Here we find Joe Brainard's version of Americana. Combined, there is a wonderful innocence to this book that is found in the work of both of these artists. Joe Brainard's popularity is soaring to new heights as the traveling retrospective of his career captivates museum-goers throughout the United States, and this publication will be a valuable addition to the available publications of his work.

About the Author

Joe Brainard grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved to New York at the age of 20 in 1961. A writer and visual artist, he is associated with the New York School poets, many of whom collaborated with him. His early paintings and collages show the influences of Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Joseph Cornell, but his work soon distinguished itself with its combination of lyricism, wit, and congeniality. He died in 1994. A retrospective of his work organized by the Berkeley Art Museum will be on tour in the United States through 2002.