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Poesias rumantschas
Illustrated by: Not Vital (Swiss, born in 1948)
Author: Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922–1975)
Author: Luisa Famos (Swiss, 1930–1974)
Author: Andri Peer (Swiss, 1921–1985)
Printer and Publisher: Gunnar A. Kaldewey (German, born in 1946)
Author: Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922–1975)
Author: Luisa Famos (Swiss, 1930–1974)
Author: Andri Peer (Swiss, 1921–1985)
Printer and Publisher: Gunnar A. Kaldewey (German, born in 1946)
1987
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with drawings and collages
Dimensions
Overall: 49.6 x 32 x 1.3 cm (19 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number1989.259
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: Gunnar A. Kaldewey, 1987
Description(New York: Gunnar A. Kaldewey, 1987) 49.6 cm; [8 ff, plus drawings]; publisher's original cream-colored paper wrappers, wooden slipcase (cream-colored phase box).
First edition. Printed in an edition of 60 copies: 25 on light brown paper, 25 on dark brown paper, 10 large format with wooden binding. From the colophon: "The paper was made from the bark of the cedar tree by Shusaku Tomi in Wajima, Japan, for the Kaldewey Press. Printed in the Tower of Poestenkill, New York." Illustrated with drawings by Not Vital in graphite, black, white and gray gouache and collage (tape and saw blade), each initialed in graphite: “NV”.
Includes three poems in Raetoromantsch by Pasolini, Famos, and Peer; with translations in Italian, English, and German.
First edition. Printed in an edition of 60 copies: 25 on light brown paper, 25 on dark brown paper, 10 large format with wooden binding. From the colophon: "The paper was made from the bark of the cedar tree by Shusaku Tomi in Wajima, Japan, for the Kaldewey Press. Printed in the Tower of Poestenkill, New York." Illustrated with drawings by Not Vital in graphite, black, white and gray gouache and collage (tape and saw blade), each initialed in graphite: “NV”.
Includes three poems in Raetoromantsch by Pasolini, Famos, and Peer; with translations in Italian, English, and German.
Signed
Crayon, last leaf: "NOT VITAL"; several drawings initialed "NV"
ProvenancePurchased from the publisher, New York, by MFA, September 27, 1989.
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