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Octavo, 11 by 7 inches, 220 pages. The type is Walbaum, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, and in hand composition with type cast at the Bixler Foundry. The artist scratched the images onto negatives that were directly exposed to make polymer plates. The text was printed in black ink, and the images in red-brown ink. The paper was made by Twinrocker Handmade Paper. The binding, done in-house, is hand-sewn, with a terra cotta goatskin spine, beige cloth sides machine-embroidered with the title, author, and artist in a cross-stitch style, and a gold spine title. The slipcase has beige cloth edges with terra-cotta paper sides and spine lable. The image for the extra print was pasted-up by Smith from prints in the book and the negatives were aligned accordingly to make four polymer plates that were assembled for printing on handmade Twinrocker paper of a heavier weight, measuring 24 by 18 inches. The artist hand-colored and gilded a proof to serve as a model for the application, by hand, of vermilion and sanguine inks and silver-white palladium appliqué for the edition. Edition of 40 numbered copies, plus 5 artist's proofs and 5 publisher's proofs, signed by the artist. This is a sampling of Dickinson's poetry with prints by Kiki Smith in the cross-stitch style of samplers made by women in the nineteenth-century, and with cross-stitching on the cover. Hoyem made the selection from poems published prior to 1923 and in the public domain, avoiding conflict with Harvard University, which claims to own the entire literary rights of the poet. He also regularized the punctuation in Dickinson's manuscripts. Smith's prints resemble etchings for their linear quality, but are in fact relief prints printed by letterpress. The artist began scratching exposed film with an etching needle while traveling by airplance, using a pillow in her lap for support, but that distressed the negative, so thereafter she worked on a light table, enabling her to see the images right-reading as they developed. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size of the print, postage will be at cost; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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