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Edition:300, of which this is no. 22 (numbered in graphite above the artist’s signature in graphite on the colophon)
Types of Papers/Materials Used:handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper (text), whiter Japanese type paper (woodcuts);
Binding:board covered in blue linen, with matching slipcase
Languages Used in Text:English
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Remarks:Poems reprinted from Personæ: the Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound (©1926) (see verso of title page), from the Chinese of Rihaku-Li T’ai Po,the notes of Ernest Fenellosa andthe work of professors Mori and Ariga in 1915 (page following the title page). From the colophon: Designed by Dan Carr, printed by Arthur Larson on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper at Horton Tank Graphics, Hadley, MA, typset in Monotype Lutetia at Golgonooza Letter Foundry, Ahuelot Village, NH by Julia Ferrari and Dan Carr, blocks cut by Michael Berdan, editioned at Evans Editions Inc., New York;
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs through the Artist Book Council
CPLH, Recent Acquisitions of Artists' Books, 1 July - 22 Oct 2000.
poems by Ezra Pound after Li Po with images of abstracted human forms and shapes