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Seven poems

Title
Seven poems / by Stéphane Mallarmé ; translated by Frederick Morgan ; with images by Christopher Wilmarth.
Author
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898
Publication
New York : Published by Frederick Morgan and Christopher Wilmarth, 1981.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1981 16-17Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Morgan, Frederick, 1922-2004
  • Wilmarth, Christopher
  • Khalil, Mohammad Omer, 1936-
  • Wilmarth, Christopher
  • Four Hands Bindery, binder
Description
17 unnumbered pages : 7 illustrations; 41 cm
Summary
  • Illustrations: 7 prints : etchings with aquatint ; full-page (plate marks 32 x 21 cm). Each contains a cutout through the top layer of the double leaf. There are also 9 pages of engraved text; plate marks 32 x 21 cm.
  • Engraved throughout; all text handwrtitten by Wilmarth.
  • Printed on double leaves with inside surfaces glued together. Poems and prints on opposite pages.
Uniform Title
Poems. Selections English.
Alternative Title
Poems.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
  • Livres d'artistes – United States – 20th century.
  • Cut-paper works.
Note
  • "The seven poems are printed in a signed and numbered edition of thirty, of which ten have been bound into books"--Colophon. There were also six artist's proofs, numbered in roman.
  • This record describes the bound copies.
  • "The paper is 200 pound Crisbrook h.p. and was made in 1970 by the J.B. Green Company, England. The printing was done in New York by Mohammad Omer Khalil. The cases are by Four Hands Bindery, New York. Images, handwriting and book design are by Christopher Wilmarth"--Colophon.
  • Forms part of Wilmarth's "Breath" project, comprising prints, sculptures and drawings inspired by these poems. The complete project was exhibited at Wilmarth's Studio for the First Amendment, New York, N.Y., May 1-29, 1982; catalog published under title "Breath : inspired by seven poems of Stéphane Mallarmé translated by Frederick Morgan" (New York, New York : Christopher Wilmarth, 1982). See: Print collector's newsletter, v. 13, no. 2 (May-June, 1982), page 59.
Additional Formats (note)
  • The poems and prints are also available online (Museum of Modern Art copy) on the website of the Museum of Modern Art
Binding (note)
  • Off-white cloth; housed in an off-white cloth covered clamshell box (44 cm), enclosed in a green cloth bag.
Contents
"When winter on forgotten woods moves somber ..." = Sonnet (pour votre chère morte, son ami) -- "My old books closed ..." = "Mes bouquins refermés sur le nom de Paphos" -- "Insert myself within your story" = "M'introduire dans ton histoire ..." -- Sigh = Soupir -- Saint = Sainte -- Toast = Salut -- "The whole soul summed up ..." = "Toute l'âme résumée ..."
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1981 16-17
OCLC
11572038
Author
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898, author.
Title
Seven poems / by Stéphane Mallarmé ; translated by Frederick Morgan ; with images by Christopher Wilmarth.
Publisher
New York : Published by Frederick Morgan and Christopher Wilmarth, 1981.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is marked "A.P. II/VI"; signed in pencil by Wilmarth and Morgan and dated 1981.
Additional Formats
The poems and prints are also available online (Museum of Modern Art copy) on the website of the Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/illustratedbooks/151978
Binding
Bound copies: Off-white cloth; housed in an off-white cloth covered clamshell box (44 cm), enclosed in a green cloth bag.
Place of Publication
United States New York (State) New York.
Added Author
Morgan, Frederick, 1922-2004, translator.
Wilmarth, Christopher, illustrator, book designer, calligrapher.
Khalil, Mohammad Omer, 1936- printer.
Wilmarth, Christopher. Breath.
Four Hands Bindery, binder.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1981 16-17
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