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Item date(s): 2021

William Kentridge  - (illustrated by)
Stanislav Shvabrin  - (translated by)
Nikolai Gogol  - (author)


Pages: 81pp
Size: 285mm, oblong
Binding: Clamshell box containing the flip book on the left and the book on the right housed in polystyrene.
Technique: Letterpress on mouldmade 160 gsm Magnani
Language: English
Edition: #167/250


Place publication: San Francisco, CA
Publisher: Arion Press

Additional notes:
The 119th publication of the Press.

Drawings, video stills, and details of cork panelled walls from the William Kentridge Studio have been reproduced by offset lithography.

190 limited edition copies are bound with cloth spines and paper sides.

All copies are signed by the artist and presented in clamshell boxes accompanied by a flipbook, "His Majesty Comrade Note", produced in an edition of 350 copies (73mm, oblong).

Ref: GB/30398



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