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Utah Reader

Item date(s): 1986

Mark Beard  - (illustrated by)
Gérard Charriére  - (bookbinding by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 290mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist.
Edition: #39/40


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

Additional notes:
Printed on Arches paper by John Hutcheson. The linocuts were pulled by Mark Beard and Marjorie Van Dyke at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, assisted by Georg Osterman and Robin Silverberg.

Bookseller's description:

One of 40 copies on Arches. Illustrated with 11 single page linocuts and six double-page linocuts containing 41 different prints on 52 different pieces of paper. Each linocut is a collage with extensive handwork. This continuation of Mark Beard's autobiography, and sequel to MANHATTAN THIRD YEAR READER, is a beautiful book, each page an astonishment and delight (the way a true artist's book always is). The linocuts were pulled by Mark Beard and Marjorie Van Dyke at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop; the prints were hand drawn by Mark Beard, who signed each copy of the book on the colophon. Page size: 11-1/4 inches x 15 inches. Bound by Gerard Charriere: full turquoise stamped silk with endpapers by Richard DeBas. Mark Beard (1956-) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is now residing in New York. His work has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Yale University, Harvard University, the Utah Museum, The New York Public Library, among others.

[This is an edition binding unlike my copy of Manhattan Third Year Reader which is a designer binding, although apparantly executed more than once.]

Illustrated in Joshua Heller Rare Books Catalogue #37, 2009, Item 22.

Ref: GB/11331







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