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In the Garden of Earthly Delights.
New York: Intima Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Based upon Hieronymus Bosch’s three-panel painting (1450-1516), which continues to entertain and delight. The book features eleven unique multi-colored etchings, with inks applied in a painterly manner from open bite copper plates. Each intaglio print is hand painted by the Artist. The etchings are printed on folios of white, cream and grey Somerset archival papers to coincide with the sections of the painting from left to right, becoming darker with each panel. Three newly written poems announce each of the sections and are hand set in metal type and letterpress printed on papers from JBGreen paper mill, England. The concertina sewn spine binding is quarter-bound with pink Buffalo skin over Somerset white papers, with leather onlays, bound by Celine Marie Lombardi, with full leather slip case." (from the artist statement). Fine. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Eleven multi-colored etchings with hand painting, poems letterpress printed, uniquely designed Roman numerals, concertina sewn spine, quarter-bound pink Buffalo skin with leather onlays, matching full leather slipcase. 8vo. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition of 12 copies (and one AP). Signed by the artist. Item #8915
Price: $4,500.00