Song Book of Idiot Boy
by RÁKÓCZI, Basil Ivan
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Livre d'artiste : unpaginated : 12 bifold leaves, each with a poem and accompanying print, with further two bifold leaves, one containing title and frontis and the second the limitation : extra print on single sheet : all within a folded paper wrap printed on the upper and lower sides in purple with lettering in black to the upper wrap and spine : SIGNED : of this first edition of three hundred, twenty five copies numbered 1-25 were printed on marais pur fil. This is copy no. 16. The lino blocks were cut by A. Sarrès from original drawings by the author. The cover wrap is toned and soiled with a vertical tear to the tail of the spine.
An English painter of Irish and Hungarian descent Rakoczi was one of the White Stag painters in Dublin in the interwar years. After WWII and the death of close friend and fellow painter Kenneth Hall he resettled in Paris. During this period he, "...studied briefly with the influential sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967), working in stone and wood as well as painting. Also in 1947 he met the Belgian artist Maurice Brasseur (born c.l926), also known as Alexandre Sarrès. They struck up a close friendship and eventually shared a studio at Montrouge, Paris, for many years. From the early 1950s together they collaborated on a number of publications, all of which were issued under the imprint of the 'Editions du Cerf Blanc' (White Stag Press), and which brought a new breadth to Rakoczi's art." (official Rákóczi website)
Song Book of Idiot Boy is an autobiographical work.
An English painter of Irish and Hungarian descent Rakoczi was one of the White Stag painters in Dublin in the interwar years. After WWII and the death of close friend and fellow painter Kenneth Hall he resettled in Paris. During this period he, "...studied briefly with the influential sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967), working in stone and wood as well as painting. Also in 1947 he met the Belgian artist Maurice Brasseur (born c.l926), also known as Alexandre Sarrès. They struck up a close friendship and eventually shared a studio at Montrouge, Paris, for many years. From the early 1950s together they collaborated on a number of publications, all of which were issued under the imprint of the 'Editions du Cerf Blanc' (White Stag Press), and which brought a new breadth to Rakoczi's art." (official Rákóczi website)
Song Book of Idiot Boy is an autobiographical work.
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2819
- Title
- Song Book of Idiot Boy
- Author
- RÁKÓCZI, Basil Ivan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edtion
- Publisher
- Printed on the presses of pierre jean oswald for the editions cerf blanc paris
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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