Ornamental Digressions.

Maret (Russell)

Ornamental Digressions.

A Showing of Pinwheel Ornaments.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 7/80 COPIES (from an edition of 100 copies) signed by Russell Maret, printed on Zerkall wove paper in various colours throughout (the colour most various in the 'Digressions' section, pp. [54], 4to, original Craig Jensen binding of quarter salmon-pink goatskin with Yatsuo handmade paper patterned to a Maret design, backstrip lettered in gilt, blue cloth dropdown box with leather label to match book, original prospectus laid in, new

Publication Details: New York: Russell Maret, 2016

Notes: A wondrous book, divided into three sections: 'The Ornaments', an entirely pictorial glossary of the building blocks used presented through four basic designs; 'The Digressions', these ornaments used to create a variety of pattern designs, each of the 15 illustrating or illustrated by a quotation (a mix of technical and literary, with Henry James and Flaubert represented in the latter category); 'The Sources', the quotations identified and explained by Russell Maret with reference to how they relate to his process and their pictorial representation. Immersive in the manner of Maret's earlier ...more

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Price: £1,050

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 2016

Stock Number: 59295

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