Canto XXV iii: Agnello de' Brunelleschi Transformed into a Reptile (from the book Michael Mazur, Etchings: L'Inferno, Dante)

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Canto XXV iii: Agnello de' Brunelleschi Transformed into a Reptile (from the book Michael Mazur, Etchings: L'Inferno, Dante)

Artist Michael Mazur (American, 1935 - 2009)

Publisher Mary Ryan Gallery , 2000

Author Robert Pinsky (American, born 1940)

Printer etchings: R. E. Townsend Editions, Georgetown, MA (Robert Townsend) type: Wolfe Editions, Portfland, ME (David Wolfe)

Binder portfolios: Harcourt Bindery, Boston (Samuel Ellenport) box: Portfoliobox, Inc., Providence, RI

Author Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265-1321)

Date2000

DimensionsOverall: 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (651 x 501mm)

MediumEtching and letterpress

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund

Object number

2003.1FF

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DescriptionOriginal prints: 41 etchings with aquatint on Arches Cover White paper Text: letterpress on UV Ultra paper (typeface: Adobe Weiss Italic, Adobe Optima) In this edition of fity portfolios, Mazur's etchings are printed on Arches Cover White with accompanying bilingual text on UV Ultra papers. They are encased in two red silk tri-fold portfolios at Harcourt Bindery, Boston, under the supervision of Samuel Ellenport, and are contained in a box created by Portfoliobox, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island. These are signed and numbered 1-50. There also exists a separate edition of 25 bound books with a bilingual text printed on Frankfurt White and bound in red-silk boards and slipcase. These are signed numbered in Roman numerals I-XXV on the colophon page. Each book contains one additional loose print.

Published Referencescf.: http://www.dante-inferno.net/Pages/IntroInferno2.html cf.: Marini, Giorgio and Ceil Friedman, Opere grafiche / Graphic Works 1992-2000, Michael Mazur, L'Inferno di Dante: (Milan: Electa, 2000). cf.: http://www.english.uluc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/pinsky/pinsky.htm