Same Steps

Number 2 of 12 copies signed and numbered by the artist, who is also the author. Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking and artists' books and is also a poet. Her books are in such collections as The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The New York Public Library, The Morgan Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This lovely little poem is printed on five bifolds, accompanied by evocative aquatints. "same steps/same steps/same steps/down/should one remember/buried days?/the door is open/step inside/where should one sit/there is no place now/walking out/the day is cold/the steps are up" In a review, John Ashbery describes Plimpton's poetry: "As quiet as a moment just before sleep, Sarah Plimpton's poems are like preludes to dreams. The "everyday" happens daily, but it is also rare and precious in Ms. Plimpton's transparent telling." Set in Minion type and printed on Somerset paper. The aquatints were editioned by Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, NH. The text was printed by Brad Ewing at The Grenfell Press in NY. In beige softcover wrappers and housed in purple and cream clamshell box made by Claudia Cohen. In fine condition. Measures 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Unpaginated. ARTISTSB/070522. …