LILAC WIND
1983WRCLIT57970Newark VT: Janus Press 1983. Quarto. Accordion foldout eight panels with sculpted top edges ca. 5' when extended. Very fine in cloth clamshell box with spine label. First edition. Johnson's poems are superimposed on a background "pulp painting" by Claire Van Vliet and Kathryn Clark executed at the Twinrocker Handmade Paper Mill with letterpress executed at the Janus Press. In addition to 150 numbered copies signed by the artist this is one of an unknown number of copies marked as "proof A.C." and signed by Van Vliet. The painting depicts a snowy winter landscape at moonrise executed in soft blues green and lilac. A beautiful and characteristic work by "one of the most important book designers and artists of the last half of the twentieth century" - Library of Congress. Janus Press hardcover books
