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Obsidian butterfly = Mariposa de obsidiana

Title: Obsidian butterfly = Mariposa de obsidiana / Octavio Paz/Brian Nissen.
Author: Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
Publication: [Barcelona : Ediciones Polígrafa, 1983]

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Description

1 case : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

Uniform Title

Mariposa de obsidiana. English & Spanish

Alternative Title

Mariposa de obsidiana.
Codex Itzpapálotl.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Artists' books – Spain.
Artists' books.

Note

Title from case.
Name of publisher from last p. of artist's book, which is signed and dated "1980" in facsim.
"Creado para la exposición de Brian Nissen 'Mariposa de obsidiana,' México 1983"--Sleeve and label of compact disc.
Contains Octavio Paz's prose poem Mariposa de obsidiana, with English translation by Eliot Weinberger, and Brian Nissen's artist's book Códice Itzpapálotl.
Accompanied by an essay by Dore Ashton, in English and Spanish; notes on the artist's book; and 2 sound discs (analog 33 1/3 rpm and digital compact disc) each containing the poem read by Paz and a musical piece "Canto de Itzpapálotl" by Carles Santos, sung by Betsy Pecanins. The reading and music were used in a dance-spectacle choreographed by Nissen, performed at the exhibition at the Museo Rufino Tamayo.
The poem is printed on a folded sheet of translucent amber plastic. The artist's book is printed on both sides of a continuous strip, folded accordion style; first and last leaves attached to illustrted paper-covered boards. Translation of poem, essay and notes on 3 sheets.

Binding (note)

Issued in black paper-covered case, lettered in white.

Contents

Mariposa de obsidiana / Octavio Paz ([2] leaves ; 18 cm.) -- Obsidian butterfly / Octavio Paz ; translation by Eliot Weinberger ([2] p. ; 18 cm.) -- Códice Itzpapálotl / Brian Nissen, 1980 ([45] p. : all col. ill. ; 18 cm.) -- Notas sobre el Códice Itzpapálotl ([2] p. ; 18 cm.) -- Codex Itzpapálotl = Códice Itzpapálotl / Dore Ashton, New York, 1981 ; traducción de Luisa Valenzuela ([8] p. on folded sheet : ill. ; 18 cm.) -- Mariposa de obsidiana / poema y voz de Octavio Paz. Canto de Itzpapálotl / música de Carles Santos ; cantante Betsy Pecanins ; dibujos de Nissen. Interdisc, p1982 (1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 7 in.) -- Mariposa de obsidiana / poema y voz de Octavio Paz. Canto de Itzpapálotl / música de Carles Santos ; cantante Betsy Pecanins. México : Museo Tamayo, 1983 (1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.).

Call Number

MEM+ (Nissen) 07-388

OCLC

170727892

Author

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.

Title

Obsidian butterfly = Mariposa de obsidiana / Octavio Paz/Brian Nissen.

Imprint

[Barcelona : Ediciones Polígrafa, 1983]

Binding

Issued in black paper-covered case, lettered in white.

Local Note

NYPL copy is numbered "78" on last page of artist's book.

Added Author

Nissen, Brian, 1939-

Weinberger, Eliot.

Ashton, Dore.

Nissen, Brian, 1939- Códice Itzpapálotl.

Santos, Carles, 1940- Canto de Itzpapálotl.

Pecanins, Betsy. Performer

Museo Rufino Tamayo.

Added Title

Codex Itzpapálotl.

Research Call Number

MEM+ (Nissen) 07-388

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