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The way we live now

Title
The way we live now / Susan Sontag, Howard Hodgkin.
Author
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
Publication
London : Karsten Schubert, 1991.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Eng. 1991 04-236Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Hodgkin, Howard, 1932-2017.
  • Shirreff, Jack.
  • Schulke, Dieter.
  • 107 Workshop, printer of plates.
Description
34, [3] p., [12] leaves of plates (3 folded) : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Paintings – Great Britain – 20th century.
  • Tempera paintings – Great Britain – 20th century.
Note
  • "Edition of 200 books plus 25 artist proofs, 7 printer's proofs, 5 hors commerce copies and 6 copies numbered in roman numerals for presentation"--P. [7].
  • Story by Sontag; ill. by Hodgkin.
  • "Designed by Gordon House, London. The text is set in Bembo and printed on Arjomari Rivoli 240 gsm blanc casse paper by C.H. Printing, Corsham, Wiltshire"--P. [35].
  • "The text of this book first appeared in The New Yorker"--Colophon.
  • Pages [1-2] blank. Blank leaf, not counted in collation, follows p. 34.
  • Illustrations: 6 prints : lift-ground aquatint, col., hand col. ; double-page (4), triple-page (1), quadruple-page (1). "Printed in intaglio on Fabriano Ingres Avorio 160 gsm paper and hand painted in Sennelier tempera by Jack Shirreff, 107 Workshop, Box, Wiltshire"--P. [35]. 50 copies included an additional print, inserted; cf. Castleman.
  • Binding: Publisher's tan paper boards, by Dieter Schulke of Perstella, Wimborne, Dorset. In book jacket of Fabriano Ingres Azzurro 160 gsm paper, hand painted in tempera. In tissue paper protective wrappers; in publisher's corrogated cardboard shipping carton, with printed label, numbered in pencil "78/200."
Indexed In (note)
  • Castleman, R. Century of artists books
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1991 04-236
ISBN
1870590171
OCLC
  • 37021119
  • NYPG04-B4031
Author
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
Title
The way we live now / Susan Sontag, Howard Hodgkin.
Imprint
London : Karsten Schubert, 1991.
Indexed In:
Castleman, R. Century of artists books, p. 198
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 78; signed by the author and the artist.
Added Author
Hodgkin, Howard, 1932-2017. Illustrator. Etcher
Shirreff, Jack. Illustrator
Schulke, Dieter. Binder
107 Workshop, printer of plates.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1991 04-236
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