Three Poems. by Paz, Octavio - 1988

One of an edition limited to 750 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Robert Motherwell and the author, Octavio Paz.
Publication of this book, with all the attention it received along with a major exhibition at the Mousem of Modern Art, established the Limited Editions Club as a publisher of fine livres d'artiste and set it on course for the production of many more fine books of this calibre. (See The History of the LEC pps. 221-222.)
Illustrated with twenty seven original lithographs on various types of handmade Japanese papers. Spanish text is printed in red, the English translation in black. Translated by Eliot Weinberger.
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Octavio Paz "was able to cull from the language of the avant-garde the very best to create a Latin-American poetic language," said Yale professor Gonzales Echevarria. Three Poems are printed in the original Spanish in red alongside English translations in black. Included is, "The Skin of the World, The Sound of the World" Paz's tribute to Robert Motherwell. " . . . sometimes images may emerge from some chord in my unconscious, the way a dream might," declared Motherwell—a statement that resonates like the words of his great friend Octavio Paz.Twenty-seven lithographs by Robert Motherwell.Edition limited to 750 numbered copies.Each book signed by Octavio Paz and Robert Motherwell.The lithographs vary in size up to 14 x 10 inches and were pulled on hand-made Japanese paper of contrasting colors. The book, bound by hand with boards of Irish linen, has a lithograph that is recessed into the cover. The hinged protective box is covered in the same linen. One Volume, 18-1/2 x 21-3/4 inches.As the… Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1988. hardcover. Fine copy in Near Fine original clamshell box with light wear. Robert Motherwell. Large folio (18-1/2" x 22") bound in full Irish linen. Illustrated with 27 original lithographs by Robert Motherwell ranging in size from 8" square to 14" x 10" and with an original lithograph recessed into the front cover. The lithographs were pulled at Trestle Editions of New York on handmade Japanese paper of various contrasting colors, and hand-mounted upon the same Magnani Italian mould-made paper used for the text. Copy #439 of 750 numbered copies of this massive book SIGNED by the artist and by the Nobel Laureate. One of the poems is a tribute by Paz to Motherwell.

New York: Limited Editions Club., 1988. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine clamshell box.. Robert Motherwell. Bound in publisher's original tan Irish linen with original lithograph by Robert Motherwell printed in black on red paper recessed into the front cover. Spine printed in black. Matching drop-back folding (clamshell) slipcase with spine printed in black. Illustrated by Robert Motherwell with 27 original lithographs in various sizes. One of 750 copies signed by the author and artist. There were also 20 additional exhibition sets of the illustrations and 50 signed numbered portfolios, both in wooden boxes. This large folio measures 18 1/2 x 22 inches. Published at $8,000.00. This copy has been kept in a vinyl and felt lined pouch and is flawless.