Vowels

Rimbaud, Arthur

Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1996

About this Item

Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Cartier-Bresson. Illustrated with three watercolor woodblock prints by Henri Cartier?Bresson. Oblong 4to (12-3/4 x 15-1/4 inches). "A forerunner of the surrealists, Arthur Rimbaud wrote every one of his extant poems before he was twenty years old, including the 'Sonnet des voyelles ('Vowels'), here presented in French and with the English translation by Wallace Fowlie on alternating lines. The poet has assigned colors to the vowels A black, E white, I red, O blue, U green. 'I flattered myself that I was inventing a poetic language available . to all the senses,' wrote Rimbaud. 'The Star Wept' ?- a quatrain which further explores color symbolism -? is appended to 'Vowels' to complete this edition. Henri Cartier?Bresson, who is as famous for his paintings as for his photographs, has created three swirling watercolors which further explore the evocative power of colors" (Publisher). Cartier?Bresson s three watercolors have been translated into multicolor wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara. Each required the cutting of from twenty?three to thirty separate blocks-?one for each color. Original linen, linen clamshell box Illustrated with three watercolor woodblock prints by Henri Cartier?Bresson. Oblong 4to (12-3/4 x 15-1/4 inches) Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Cartier-Bresson.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vowels
• Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
• Publication Date: 1996
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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