Item nr. 159612 Invisible Cities. Wayne THIEBAUD, THIEBAUD, CALVINO.
Invisible Cities.
Invisible Cities.
Invisible Cities.
Invisible Cities.
Invisible Cities.
Invisible Cities.
THIEBAUD, WAYNE

Invisible Cities.


THIEBAUD, Wayne. Invisible Cities. Text by Italo Calvino. Translated from the Italian with a new introduction by William Weaver. 164 pp. Illustrated with twelve drawings of sites and artifacts by Thiebaud. Folio, 355 x 305 mm., bound by Paul Sheet in an anodized aluminum ring binding with U-posts, allowing the leaves to be turned over in sequence. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999.

Limited Edition of 400 copies numbered and signed by the artist. The paper, both coloured and white, is Italian Tiziano, mould made at the Fabriano mill. The printing types are Veronese (Monotype and handset) and Twentieth-century (handset). The type (on paper) and the photopolymer plates for the drawings (on mylar) were printed by letterpress.

Italo Calvino, regarded by many as the greatest master of Italian fiction of the past century, first published this work in 1972 as Le citta Invisibili. A tale mixing fantasy, reality, and philosophy, it recounts a long conversation between a young Marco Polo and an aging Kublai Khan.

The artist Wayne Thiebaud contributed twelve drawings, with the idea that the images of cities and objects remain invisible until the reader takes action. To realize this concept, Andrew Hoyem designed the book with the drawings printed on clear plastic in different colours of inks, each matching the colour of the following sheets. The images are revealed only when the transparent plastic sheet is turned back onto the preceding page, a white sheet with printed text. As new.

Item nr. 159612
Price: $4,250.00

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