Fourteen Poems

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Fourteen Poems

Artist David Hockney (British, born 1937)

Printer etchings: Editions Alecto Limited, London, 1967; book: Tillotsons (Bolton) Limited, England

Binder Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, from text block handsewn by Tillotsons (Bolton) Limited

Author C. P. (Constantine) Cavafy (Greek, 1863--1933)

Author Constantine Cavafy (Greek, 1863-1933)

Date1967

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 19 in. (483 mm); W: 13 3/8 in. (340 mm); Depth: 1 5/16 in. (34 mm).
Book: H: 18 11/16 in. (475 mm); W: 13 1/4 in. (337 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Page: H: 18 3/8 in. (466 mm); W: 13 1/8 in. (334 mm).
Sheet (untrimmed): H: 18 5/16 in. (465 mm); W: 12 13/16 in. (326 mm).
Image: H: 13 11/16 in. (347 mm); W: 8 3/4 in. (223 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 12 etchings, incl. 8 plates with aquatint, on Barcham Green 140 lb. Crisbrook white wove waterleaf paper. Text: letterpress on H. V. Seir Limited 75 lb. Hevisier Art Drawing white wove paper (typefaces: Monotype Univers Light and Bold).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.561

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Label TextHockney himself chose this group of love poems by Constantine Cavarfy, a greek poet who spent most of his life in Alexandria.Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists' Books, New York, 1994, p. 212, repr.

cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 137, reprs.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 31

Toledo Museum of Art, Embracing the Page, Feb. 14-May 19, 2002.