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Kounellis 1999.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Amer. 1999 04-96	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

12 prints : etching, soft ground etching, drypoint, aquatint, b&w; 38 x 41 cm. +

Alternative Title

Signor giudice, signori della giuria, sono di fronte a voi ingiustamente per aver preteso ...

Subjects

Genre/Form

Livres d'artistes – United States – 20th century.

Note

"The edition is limited to twenty-one numbered copies: numbers 1-10 are bound books, and numbers 11-21 are loose portfolios. There are five sets of artist proofs"--Colophon.
"The plates were made in the artist's studio in Rome, Italy during January, 1999. Techniques used include softground etching, drypoint, and aquatint combined with molten lead, molten wax, human hair, broken glass, coal, and salt"--Colophon.
Etchings printed chine collé on natural tan Gampi paper from Hiromi Paper International, mounted on Fabriano Tiepolo paper. Size of primary supports: 14 x 20 cm.
"Designed by Jacob Samuel, and printed by Jacob Samuel with the assistance of Eric Ziemann ... Typography and letterpress by Les Ferriss. The typeface is Bauer Bodoni"--Colophon.
Text comprises a title leaf, 2 leaves with Italian text followed by 2 with English translation, and colophon. Italian text begins: "Signor giudice, signori della giuria, sono di fronte a voi ingiustamente per aver preteso, e questo è la mia unica colpa, di portare in primo piano il piccolo uomo delle rovine di Piranesi ma senza cambiare il paesaggio."
"The text was first published in Italy in Domus no. 628, May 1982"--Colophon.
Issued unbound, in vellum case (38 x 41 cm.); "Kounellis" stamped in black on front cover. "Bookbinding and portfolios by Klaus-Ullrich S. Rötzscher"--Colophon.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1999 04-96

OCLC

NYPG04-B1128

Author

Kounellis, Jannis, 1936-2017.

Title

Kounellis 1999.

Imprint

Santa Monica : Edition Jacob Samuel, [1999]

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Each print numbered "18/21," dated 1999 and signed in pencil by the artist.

Added Author

Edition Jacob Samuel. Publisher

Samuel, Jacob, 1951- Printer of plates

Ferriss, Les. Printer

Rötzscher, Klaus-Ullrich S. Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1999 04-96