Kebab. Five Silhouettes.
by COVENTRY, Keith
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
(Richmond, N. Yorks.?).: Saint Paulinus Press., 2013.. Loose as issued in original publisher's black cloth backed burgundy portfolio with ribbon tie, title and vignette in black to central paper label to front board.. Folio. (515 x 380 mm). Leaf with title, 5 leaves with printed letterpress silhouettes of kebabs each with title in red beneath, each with guardleaf and signed and numbered by Coventry in pencil, final leaf with justification; sheet size: 520 x 378 mm. Keith Coventry's 'Kebab' portfolio. From the edition limited to 36 numbered copies on Somerset Satin, with each print signed and numbered by the artist in pencil.Depicting the archetypal British post-pub foodstuff, a confection of meat (of uncertain origin) on a skewer grilled vertically, Coventry's prints, each diminishing from the initial whole until only the skewer and support remain, are titled as follows: 'Fat Kebab,' 'Medium Kebab', 'Skinny Kebab,' 'Super Skinny Kebab' and 'Armature'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sims Reed Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47187
- Title
- Kebab. Five Silhouettes.
- Author
- COVENTRY, Keith
- Format/Binding
- Loose as issued in original publisher's black cloth backed burgundy portfolio with ribbon tie, title and vignette in black to ce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Saint Paulinus Press.
- Place of Publication
- (Richmond, N. Yorks.?).
- Date Published
- 2013.
- Pages
- [7 leaves].
- Size
- Folio. (515 x 380 mm)
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- Vignette
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- Folio
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