Research Catalog

Title

Self-portrait in a convex mirror / John Ashbery ; the poem with original prints by Richard Avedon, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, Larry Rivers ; together with a foreword by the poet, a recording of his reading of the poem &, on the album, an essay by Helen Vendler.

Author

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Publication

San Francisco : Arion Press, 1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vendler, Helen Hennessy.
• Avedon, Richard.
• De Kooning, Elaine.
• De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997.
• Dine, Jim, 1935-
• Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014.
• Katz, Alex, 1927-
• Kitaj, R. B.
• Rivers, Larry, 1925-
• Crommelynck, Aldo, 1931-2008.
• Arion Press. prt
• Atlas Metal Spinning (Firm) bnd

Description

1 canister (32 sheets ([3], 27, [2] leaves), 8 prints, 1 sound disc) : ill. (1 col.), ports.; 49 cm. in diam. x 4 cm. high.

Subject

Parmigianino, 1503-1540. > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Cochin.
• Shaped books (Publishing)
• Metal.
• Steel (Alloy).
• Stainless steel.
• Bookbinding (Binding) – Metal cases.

Note

• "The thirteenth book of the Arion Press"--Colophon.
• Illustrations: 1 photomechanical print : offset lithography (reproduction of photograph), b&w ; full-page. By Richard Avedon. Subject: Port. of Ashbery. Printed at Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Calif. -- 3 prints : lithograph, b&w ; full-page. By Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jane Freilicher. Printed from stones at Hampton Editions Limited, Sag Harbor, N.Y. -- 1 print : woodcut, b&w ; full-page. By Jim Dine. Printed at the Arion Press. References: D'Oench, E. Jim Dine prints, 178. -- 1 print : lithograph, b&w ; full-page. By Alex Katz. Printed from a metal plate at Siena Studio, New York. -- 1 print : soft ground etching, aquatint, b&w ; full-page. By R.B. Kitaj. Printed by Aldo Crommelynck, Paris. -- 1 photomechanical print : photogravure (reproduction of drawing), hand col. ; full-page. By Larry Rivers. Printed at Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, N.Y.
• The sound disc (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.) is enclosed in a square folded sleeve with title: Self-portrait in a convex mirror : the poem read by the poet, John Ashbery. The essay by Helen Vendler, "Reading and hearing John Ashbery's Self-portrait in a convex mirror," appears on p. [2-4] of sleeve.
• Full-size col. reproduction of the painting by Parmigianino, "Self-portrait in a convex mirror," on sound disc sleeve; reduced, in b&w, as ill. on t.p.

Binding (note)

• Issued unbound, in a stainless steel canister with convex mirror on top cover; canister made by Atlas Metal Spinning, San Francisco, Calif.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1984 92-326

LCCN

84152425

OCLC

NYPG92-B62886

Author

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Title

Self-portrait in a convex mirror / John Ashbery ; the poem with original prints by Richard Avedon, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, Larry Rivers ; together with a foreword by the poet, a recording of his reading of the poem &, on the album, an essay by Helen Vendler.

Imprint

San Francisco : Arion Press, 1984.

Binding

Issued unbound, in a stainless steel canister with convex mirror on top cover; canister made by Atlas Metal Spinning, San Francisco, Calif.

Local Note

175 copies printed on 40 round sheets of handmade Twinrocker paper from Cochin type. No. 111 of 150 copies offered for sale; foreword signed in pencil by the poet, colophon signed in pencil by the printer, Andrew Hoyem.

Each print numbered 111/175 and signed in pencil by the respective artist; print by Larry Rivers also dated '83.

Added Author

Vendler, Helen Hennessy.

Avedon, Richard.

De Kooning, Elaine.

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997.

Dine, Jim, 1935-

Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014.

Katz, Alex, 1927-

Kitaj, R. B.

Rivers, Larry, 1925-

Crommelynck, Aldo, 1931-2008. Printer of plates

Arion Press. Printer

Atlas Metal Spinning (Firm) Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1984 92-326