381 - Francesco Clemente - Alberto Savinio. The Departure of the Argonaut. New York, Petersburg Press 1986. Mit 50 Farblithographien, meist doppelblattgroß. Originalbroschur in -leinenkassette.

Francesco Clemente - Alberto Savinio. The Departure of the Argonaut. New York, Petersburg Press 1986. Mit 50 Farblithographien, meist doppelblattgroß. Originalbroschur in -leinenkassette. Ausrufzeit : ca. 16:44 (Zeitplan ohne Gewähr) Eins von 200 Exemplaren der Buchausgabe, weitere 32 kamen nicht in den Handel, zudem erschienen 56 ungebundene Exemplare. - Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. - Erste englische Ausgabe von »Hermaphrodito« (1918). - Die künstlerische Leitung der Edition lag bei Raymond Foye. Die Originallithographien wurden von 1983 bis Januar 1986 in den Petersburg Studios in New York gezeichnet und in der Werkstatt von Rolf Neumann in Stuttgart von Hand auf dünnem Okawara Kozo-Papier aus der Takaokaeishi-Mühle, Ino-Cho, Kochi, Japan, gedruckt. - Auch der Buchdruck erfolgte in Stuttgart unter Leitung von Hansjörg Mayer und Elizabeth Mahoney. - Mit dem gefalteten Beiblatt »Translator’s Note«. LC 2001 169 65,0 : 51,0 cm. [104] Seiten. - Kassettendeckel minimal fleckig. - Das Buch tadellos. english description: Includes 50 color lithographs, mostly double-page in size. Original paperback in a cloth case. One of 200 copies of the book edition; an additional 32 were not released for sale, and 56 unbound copies were also published. - Imprint signed by the artist. - First English edition of »Hermaphrodito« (1918). - »The travel log and wartime diary of Alberto Savinio during World War I was an ideal text for Clemente, whose works are infused with implied narrative and constant autobiographical overtones. The sensual Kozo Japanese paper and the grand format give the pages the appearance of an album of watercolors. Clemente, who had not worked in lithography before, delighted in experimenting in all the subtleties the medium could offer.« (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: LC). - Raymond Foye served as artistic director of the edition. The original lithographs were drawn between 1983 and January 1986 at the Petersburg Studios in New York and printed by hand at Rolf Neumann’s workshop in Stuttgart on thin Okawara Kozo paper from the Takaokaeishi Mill in Ino-Cho, Kochi, Japan. - The book was also printed in Stuttgart under the direction of Hansjörg Mayer and Elizabeth Mahoney. - Includes the folded insert »Translator’s Note«. Few minor stains on cassette cover. The book in perfect condition.