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The Meta Mor for the Moon

Item date(s): n.d.

Susan Weil  - (illustrated by)
Jerry Kelly  - (calligraphy by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 230mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist.
Edition: #17/25


Place publication: New York
Publisher: Vincent Fitz Gerald & Co.

Additional notes:
Bookseller's description: One of 25 copies each signed by the artist, on various papers. Page size: 8 x 8 inches. Bound by Zahra Partovi: blue silk in Coptic-style binding with two paintings by the artist on the inside flyleaves, housed in matching blue silk box by Book Lab. Illustrated with etchings and paintings by Susan Weil and Vincent FitzGerald, the work is printed on mylar, apta royal and Richard de Bas papers. The book is 72 pages with text identifying various geographical locations of the moon, i.e. Sea of Tranquility etc. The moon -- and the book -- is divided into quadrants; the title is a pun, referring to Joyce. Each quadrant of the moon is introduced by subtitles on mylar. Weil has executed two blueprints for this book -- the first she has done since those with Robert Rauschenberg some years ago. The letterpress is by Kelly/Winterton Press. The screenprints are by Color Girls. Susan Weil's continuing fascination with, and exploration of, the works of James Joyce has produced another masterpiece.

Ref: GB/11309







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