Signed, but NOT inscribed to anyone. Personally SIGNED directly on the title page by Viggo Mortensen with 'For Viva, Viggo Mortensen'. A photo of Viggo Mortensen at the book signing event will be included with the signed book. Second Edition. Softcover. Book is brand new and unread in mint condition. No marks, no inscription. Not an ex-library. No dust jacket as issued. Pictorial wraps. A beautiful autographed book for collectors. Very rare and makes a great gift.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Sign Language **SIGNED +Photo**
Publisher: Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.: Smart Art Press
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1889195499
ISBN 13: 9781889195490
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This long awaited second publication by the highly recognized film actor and artist/poet, Viggo Mortensen melds his acutely sensitive ability to intertwine words, paintings and photography into one lyrical conceptual landscape. Working like a personal diary, SignLanguage, takes us on a visual journey into the soul of Mortensen's creative forces. His diary-based photographs, taken while filming 'The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings' become dream-like landscapes shrouded in mystery and suspense while his multi-layered paintings entwine themselves around stanzas of poetry. The melding of all three forces allows the reader to become acutely aware of the details surrounding the artists existence, a multiple of split-second images burned into the mind of a thousand different places.

SignLanguage exquisitely features extensive color and black and white reproductions of both his photographic works and his intensely personal collage based paintings, partly intertwined in an informative essay by international critic and poet, Kevin Power. Special highlights also include unique photographs by Mortensen while on location during the filming of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'.

About the Author

An established film actor, with roles in A Perfect Murder and Gus Van Sant's Psycho and most recently a leading role

in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Viggo Mortensen has also proven himself to be an accomplished poet and artist.

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