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Salute
Illustrated by: Grace Hartigan (American, 1922–2008)
Text by: James Schuyler (American, 1923–1991)
Printer and Publisher: Tiber Press, New York
Text by: James Schuyler (American, 1923–1991)
Printer and Publisher: Tiber Press, New York
1960
Medium/Technique
Artist's book with text by James Schuyler and four screenprints by Grace Hartigan
Dimensions
Overall: 46.4 x 37.5 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky
Accession Number2014.48.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
DescriptionFrom a set of four volumes, each with a poem illustrated by four original screeprints, published by Richard Miller and Daisy Aldan at Tiber Press, New York, 1960. Printed at Tiber Press by Floriano Vecchi. (The other volumes were "Permanently" by Kenneth Koch with prints by Alfred Leslie, "Odes" by Frank O'Hara with prints by Michael Goldberg, and "The Poems" by John Ashbery with prints by Joan Mitchell.) The four volume set was published in an edition of 200, with a reserved edition of XXV.
ProvenanceElizabeth and Walter Silver (1923 - 1998), New York [this set believed to have been in the same collection since its initial purchase upon publication in 1960]; to James Cummins Bookseller, New York; 2014, sold by James Cummins to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 29, 2014)