Frank and Willem De Kooning O'HaraBiblio.com
Frank O'HaraBiblio.com
Poems
lec-0026The Museum of Modern Art honored Frank O'Hara with a memorial edition of his poetry illustrated by artists who knew and loved him—foremost among them William de Kooning. De Kooning made his drawings on mylar which he then presented to the Museum.<br /><br />A quarter of a century later the mylar drawings were transferred to lithographic plates and printed under the supervision of the artist and the Museum of Modern Art solely in order to illustrate the Club's edition of those O'Hara poems that had so moved de Kooning.<br /><br />Seventeen of de Kooning's eighteen charcoal drawings are reproduced here for the first time as originally intended-with their subtle strokes and wide tonal range. The thirteen poems begin with O'Hara's "Ode to Willem de Kooning."<br /><br />Seventeen lithographs by Willem de Kooning.<br /><br />Edition limited to 550 numbered copies.<br /><br />Facsimile signature by Willem de Kooning from the bon à tirer proof signed by the artist.<br /><br />De Kooning's drawings were transferred from their original mylar sheets to lithographic plates and printed on hand-made ochre-tinted Kitakata paper. Each print was torn by hand and pressed into the book's pages by the intaglio method. Bound in black Nigerian goatskin the book is set in a black fabric covered and lined case. <br /><br />One Volume 17-3/4″ x 22″.<br /><br />As the publisher we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New NOS.<br /> Limited Editions Club hardcover
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