Poemscapes

Langue : anglais

Edité par Highlands, NC: Johnathan Williams, 1958

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Offering: Kenneth Patchen. Poemscapes. Highlands, NC: Johnathan Williams, 1958. Limited edition. 68 of 75 created by Patchen. Good+ in hand-painted boards that show some wear from handling -- probably Patchen's as he created it. Previous owner's name, as well as an interesting gift inscription. See the extended book description below. By the late 1950s, Kenneth Patchen had moved beyond the printed word and into a deeply personal, visual form of poetry. Confined to bed by worsening spinal injuries, Patchen began painting directly onto books wild, joyful, and deeply strange expressions that fused image and verse into a kind of illuminated manuscript for the atomic age. These painted books became his most intimate works: not mass produced, not repeatable, not replicable. With every stroke and figure, Patchen rejected commercialism, embraced the handmade, and elevated his artists' books into a medium of protest, prayer, and play. His collaboration with publisher Jonathan Williams a fellow iconoclast, Black Mountain alum and founder of the Jargon Society gave us Poemscapes, a raw, unguarded volume of short poetic meditations as vivid as the artwork that would eventually accompany them. This is one of only 75 hand-painted copies of Poemscapes, each uniquely prepared, painted and signed by Patchen. The covers and endpapers have been transformed into a riot of color: swirling figures, surreal beasts, abstracted eyes, and bursts of shape that seem both childlike and cosmic -- as well as Patchen's hand-painted colophon: this copy being number 68. The binding and tops/bottoms of the painted boards show expected wear from its handmade origins, but the boards remain bold, textured, and vibrant. Very few of these painted Patchen books surface on the market, and each is one-of-a-kind. A true convergence of outsider art, poetry, and the book as an object of art. And here's where it gets interesting: the book's inscription on the FFEP by 'Margaret' (note previous owner's name "M. Hollenbach") to 'John & Chigiy', with the heartfelt note: 'knowing that the best of it was written for them.' The context suggests a meaningful association within the circle of Patchen or his collectors. It's worth noting that Patchen's hand-painted books were often sold directly to collectors, friends, or patrons.…

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Titre
Poemscapes
Auteur
Kenneth Patchen
Éditeur
Highlands, NC: Johnathan Williams
Année de publication
1958
État de l'article
Good
Signé
Signed by Author(s)
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Édition
1st Edition
Poids de l'article
1 livre

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My name is Jim Camp, and I own and operate the synaesthesia press. First and foremost, the synaesthesia press is a very small, very independent publishing house specializing in broadsides and chapbooks letterpress printed in a small run. Authors and artists past published include Tosh Berman, Tim O’Brien, Barry Gifford, Charles Bukowski, and Charles Plymell, among others. As a bookseller, I offer a variety of inventory -- I especially love stuff that is considered generally subversive; for example, anything by or about Beatniks, Outlaws, Perverts, Weirdos, and Outsiders; good literary fiction (especially "dirty" and / or forgotten titles by forgotten authors) and almost anything by or about Bukowski. I love photography, especially found amateur snapshots and professionally made vintage photographic prints; little mags, zines, photo books, art books and Artists Books; and, finally, anything smutty or sleazy or erotic or cheesecake-related vintage publications, photos or ephemera. Thanks!…

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