Making copy
MS. Gehenna Press a. 7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Making copy
Shelfmark
MS. Gehenna Press a. 7
Summary
Artist's boxed making copy, in (item 1) a box possibly made by the binder Gray Parrot. Comprises:
(fols. 1-79) Annotated typescripts and printing notes (in a folder labelled 'Capriccios preparatory material')
(fols. 80-128) Titlepage colour blocks and proofs, with an original painting
(fols. 129-439) Original art and printed art and colophon proofs, many signed, arranged in folders by image (No folder 6, 'Systole Diastole'; (fols. 277-337) 'Flame', folder 22, is combined with folder 14/15, 'The Smell of Burning').
(fols. 440-60) Assorted original and printed art, (including ?unpublished images labelled 'The Demon of the Skull').
(fols. 461-76) Text proofs and printing notes
See also a similar ephemera design to the art for the Capriccio poem 'Chlorophyll' (originally 'Phoenix Rising') in MS. Gehenna Press b. 86, fols. 139-140
Date
1990
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Gehenna and Eremite Press books
Capriccio
Making copy
