Search Results: Titles starting with P from The Limited Editions Club

Just twenty eight when Louis Aragon wrote this magical novel, he compares a poet's love for his city to a peasant's love for his land. A leading Surrealist writer, Aragon was keenly aware of the hidden life concealed by every object, great and small. The Peasant of Paris combines minute descriptions of scenes and objects, humorous anecdotes, and philosophical reflections: all to create a reality that goes far beyond the literal or visual. Another love affair with Paris: that of the renowned artist and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson who chose this book to illustrate with seven enchanting lithographs of Paris and a photogravure portrait of Louis Aragon.Seven lithographs and a photogravure by Henri Cartier-Bresson.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson.The text and seven lithographs are printed on mould-made paper, from the Arches mill in Epinal, France. The photogravure plate was made and the photogravures were editioned by Jon Goodman at his studio in Hadley,… Read More

The Museum of Modern Art honored Frank O'Hara with a memorial edition of his poetry illustrated by artists who knew and loved him—foremost among them, William de Kooning. De Kooning made his drawings on mylar which he then presented to the Museum.A quarter of a century later, the mylar drawings were transferred to lithographic plates and printed under the supervision of the artist and the Museum of Modern Art solely in order to illustrate the Club's edition of those O'Hara poems that had so moved de Kooning.Seventeen of de Kooning's eighteen charcoal drawings are reproduced here for the first time as originally intended-with their subtle strokes and wide tonal range. The thirteen poems begin with O'Hara's "Ode to Willem de Kooning."Seventeen lithographs by Willem de Kooning.Edition limited to 550 numbered copies.Facsimile signature by Willem de Kooning from the bon à tirer proof signed by the artist.De Kooning's drawings were transferred from their original mylar sheets to lithographic plates and… Read More

Born in French West Africa, Leopold Senghor became the first Black member ever inducted into the French Academy. In 1960, he was unanimously elected the first president of Senegal and then re-elected four times. As a poet, he represented the literary and artistic expression of the black African experience. Four of Senghor's poems appear in this edition, in the original French and in English translation. The lush, exotic diction of Senghor's poetry finds its ideal complement in the vibrant paintings of Lois Mailou Jones, one of America's most celebrated Black artists. M. Senghor and Ms. Jones were personally acquainted and mutual admirers of one another's art.Five silkscreen prints by Lois Mailou Jones.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Leopold Sedar Senghor and Lois Mailou Jones.The paintings of Lois Mailou Jones have been beautifully turned into multi-colored, silkscreen prints and the text was handset in English Monotype Bodoni. The book is bound in purple linen and set into… Read More