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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - RONALD KING - Macbeth - Limited Edition 150 Copies
Guildford: London, The Circle Press. 1970, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1970, Very Good Condition, Housed in a natural canvas covered folder and black slipcase, 10 large unbound colour screen prints on hand made paper titled & signed in pencil by the artist Ronald King NOTES ON CONDITION Slipcase has signs of wear and one corner of the slipcase is slightly bumped Limited edition of 150 copies, this No.8, full text of the play. Large Folio 50 x 35 cm, 60 pages in 15 unstitched four page sections. Printed on J. Green mould-made paper. Ten silk screen mask designs, all titled and initialed with the entire text of the play printed letter-press in 14 pt Plantin. An important early work from Ron King and Circle Press, Macbeth features bold, colorful mask designs titled after characters in the play. According to the artist, this book was the first for which he learned to set type and printed in letterpress by himself. Based on the Arden version of Shakespeare's play published in 1912, the text is 14pt. Plantin, hand-set by Walter Taylor who assisted King. King's visual interpretation of Shakespeare's characters is strikingly modern. The artist created his mask designs by taking photos from magazines and collaging them together and then incorporating images of ordinary objects such as light bulbs, shoes, lipsticks, and chairs. The collages were then made into photo stencils, resulting in the ten hors texte silkscreen illustrations that accompany the play. Each print is titled and initialed by the artist. Loose-as-issued, this book was printed on Barcham Green 246 lb. mould-made paper and is housed in a paper wrapper. A chemise covered in natural cream-colored cloth and a slipcase covered in black cloth protect the volume. Macbeth was published in an edition of 150 copies with 15 artist's proofs and 5 copies hors commerce. In addition to the books, there is a separate edition of 20 fully signed and numbered prints of each of the ten images in the book printed on hand-made paper by the artist. This copy is numbered 8 and is signed by the artist at the limitation. RONALD KING Born in 1932 in São Paulo, Brazil, Ronald King is best known as the founder of the celebrated Circle Press. During the 1940s and 1950s, King studied at Ardingly College and Chelsea School of Art in England. After beginning his career primarily as a painter, he started printmaking while teaching at Farnham School of Art in the 1960s. In 1967, King established Circle Press to publish his first book, The Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Circle Press operated in Guildford until 1988 when the press moved to London. King envisioned the press as a collaborative venture in which a circle of artists and writers could produce work together. Over the course of its history, the press worked with more than 55 artists, including Norman Ackroyd, Tom Phillips, John Christie, and Julia Farrer, as well as over 50 writers and poets, including Roy Fisher and Kenneth White. In addition to collaborations with modern writers, the press also produced interpretations of classic texts such as Macbeth (1970) and Antony and Cleopatra (1979). In all, Circle Press produced over 200 publications and individual works. The press won recognition for stretching the definition of a book with its use of adventurous formats and materials such as glass, stone, metal, and wax. The Mirror Book (1985), made with mirror glass covers, mirror foil pages, and no text, is one example of the press's pioneering work. King's own work with the press often featured the themes of masks and character, and his abstracted mask designs are distinctive for their bold use of color. Although Circle Press has closed its doors, King continues his artistic practice today as a painter, collagist, and sculptor, focusing on large wooden sculpture. Good.
EUR 1300.00 [Appr.: US$ 1410.03 | £UK 1107.5 | JP¥ 221330] Booknumber: 015671
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EUR 1300.00 [Appr.: US$ 1410.03 | £UK 1107.5 | JP¥ 221330] Booknumber: 015671
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Total: EUR 1300.00 [Appr.: US$ 1410.03 | £UK 1107.5 | JP¥ 221330]
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