Five meters of poems
Artist's Book
1986 (published)
1986 (published)
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This beautifully printed book is a translation of the little known Peruvian writer, Carlos Oquendo de Amat's series of poems.
On the first page you are invited to, 'open this book the way you would peel a fruit'. It ends with the briefest of biographies, 'I am 19 years old with a woman just like a song.'
It is letterpress printed on buff handmade paper in a concertina format, bound in red bookcloth. The poems themselves travel across the page in a variety of formats and type sizes, with a maturity well in advance of Oquendo's nineteen years.
The woodcut illustrations are by Antonio Frasconi.
On the first page you are invited to, 'open this book the way you would peel a fruit'. It ends with the briefest of biographies, 'I am 19 years old with a woman just like a song.'
It is letterpress printed on buff handmade paper in a concertina format, bound in red bookcloth. The poems themselves travel across the page in a variety of formats and type sizes, with a maturity well in advance of Oquendo's nineteen years.
The woodcut illustrations are by Antonio Frasconi.
Object details
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| Title | Five meters of poems |
| Materials and techniques | Printing book, with woodcuts |
| Brief description | Artist's Book, 'Five meters of poems' by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, Turkey Press, California, 1986 |
| Physical description | The format of this first English edition has been adapted from the original and handset in Goudy Modern, with woodcut illustrations by Antonio Frasconi. Forty copies on Barcham Green's handmade India Office paper have been printed and bound by Sandra Liddell Reese and numbered and signed by the translator and artist. 1 folded sheet of 8 pages |
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| Summary | This beautifully printed book is a translation of the little known Peruvian writer, Carlos Oquendo de Amat's series of poems. On the first page you are invited to, 'open this book the way you would peel a fruit'. It ends with the briefest of biographies, 'I am 19 years old with a woman just like a song.' It is letterpress printed on buff handmade paper in a concertina format, bound in red bookcloth. The poems themselves travel across the page in a variety of formats and type sizes, with a maturity well in advance of Oquendo's nineteen years. The woodcut illustrations are by Antonio Frasconi. |
| Other number | X890020 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041988036950 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2014 |
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