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Making copy, 1990

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MS. Gehenna Press a. 7
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Artist's boxed making copy, in (item 1) a box possibly made by the binder Gray Parrot. Comprises:

  1. (fols. 1-79) Annotated typescripts and printing notes (in a folder labelled 'Capriccios preparatory material')
  2. (fols. 80-128) Titlepage colour blocks and proofs, with an original painting
  3. (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').
  4. (fols. 440-60) Assorted original and printed art, (including ?unpublished images labelled 'The Demon of the Skull').
  5. (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

Dates

  • Creation: 1990

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Gehenna Press a. 7

Arrangement

In original order.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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