Research Catalog

Title

Divan-e-Shams / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; selected and translated by Zahra Partovi ; interpreted by Joan Busing, Sandy Gellis, Elizabeth Harington, Bernard Kirschenbaum, T. Kurahara, James Nares, Dorothea Rockburne, Betye Saar, Annette Senneby, Michelle Stuart, Peter Thomson, Judith Turner, Marjorie Van Dyke, Joan Vennum, Susan Weil.

Author

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Publication

New York : Vincent Fitz Gerald and Co., 1996

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Details

Additional Authors

• Partovi, Zahra.
• Busing, Joan.
• Gellis, Sandy.
• Harington, Elizabeth.
• Kirschenbaum, Bernard.
• Kurahara, Joan Vennum.
• Kurahara, T.
• Nares, James.
• Rockburne, Dorothea.
• Saar, Betye.
• Senneby, Annette.
• Stuart, Michelle, 1933-
• Thomson, Peter.
• Turner, Judith.
• Van Dyke, Marjorie.
• Weil, Susan.
• Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. pbl
• Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
• BookLab (Firm) bnd
• Dieu Donné Papermill. ppm

Description

[107] p. : ill. (some col.); 39 cm.

Uniform Title

Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī. Selections. English

Alternative Title

Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī.

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
• Glass (Material).
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Renaissance Roman.

Note

• 50 copies printed (text) by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress, on Rives BFK paper from Renaissance Roman type.
• Title page calligraphy by Jerry Kelly. Special papers by Paul Wong at Dieu Donné Papermill.
• Illustrations: original graphic works by 15 artists, some mounted, some on multiple or folded leaves, some on colored or translucent paper; most signed in pencil by the artist. Comprise etchings by Van Dyke, Harington, Busing, Thomson, Vennum, Gellis, Kurahara and Nares; silkscreens by Weil; photogravures by Stuart and Turner; silkscreen and etching by Rockburne; watercolor, collage and glass sculpture by Senneby; lithograph by Saar; and plotter drawings by Kirschenbaum. Etchings editioned by Vincent FitzGerald (Vincent Fitz Gerald & Co.); Lothar Osterburg (Lothar Osterburg Photogravure); Lynn Rogan (Lynn Rogan Associates), and Marjorie Van Dyke (Printmaking Workshop); silkscreens by Margo Pelletier (Color Girls); lithograph by Judith Solodkin (Solo Impression). The glass sculpture by Senneby, editioned by John Depp, Inc., is embedded in the case.
• For discussion of previous editions of selections from Rūmī published by Vincent Fitz Gerald, cf. article by Gerrit Henry in Print collector's newsletter, v. 21 (Mar.-Apr. 1990), p. 10-12.
• Binding: Publisher's white muslin, by BookLab, Inc. Issued in a silver cloth-covered case.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 00-16

OCLC

NYPG00-B49

Author

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Title

Divan-e-Shams / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; selected and translated by Zahra Partovi ; interpreted by Joan Busing, Sandy Gellis, Elizabeth Harington, Bernard Kirschenbaum, T. Kurahara, James Nares, Dorothea Rockburne, Betye Saar, Annette Senneby, Michelle Stuart, Peter Thomson, Judith Turner, Marjorie Van Dyke, Joan Vennum, Susan Weil.

Imprint

New York : Vincent Fitz Gerald and Co., 1996 ([Hadley, Mass.] : Wild Carrot Letterpress)

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 4; signed by the translator in Persian.

Local Note

Accompanied by publisher's advertisement and press release.

Added Author

Partovi, Zahra.

Busing, Joan. Etcher

Gellis, Sandy. Etcher

Harington, Elizabeth. Etcher

Kirschenbaum, Bernard. Illustrator

Kurahara, Joan Vennum. Etcher

Kurahara, T. Etcher

Nares, James. Etcher

Rockburne, Dorothea. Etcher

Saar, Betye. Lithographer

Senneby, Annette. Illustrator

Stuart, Michelle, 1933- Illustrator

Thomson, Peter. Etcher

Turner, Judith. Illustrator

Van Dyke, Marjorie. Etcher

Weil, Susan. Illustrator

Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. Publisher

Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer

BookLab (Firm) Binder

Dieu Donné Papermill. Papermaker

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 00-16