A Tribute to Cavafy: A Selection of Poems with Photogravures by Duane Michals
Artist
Duane Michals
(American, born 1932)
Author
Constantine P. Cavafy
(Greek, 1863 - 1933)
Translator
Edmund Keeley
(American (born Syria), born 1928)
Translator
Philip Sherrard
(British, 1922 - 1995)
Designer
Dan Carr
(American, 1951 - 2012)
Printer
Jon Goodman
Printer
Julia Ferrari
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club, New York
Manufacturer
Academy Books & Bindery
Manufacturer
Jovonis Book Bindery
(American)
Date2003
Mediumletterpress with photogravures
DimensionsBook: 18 3/8 × 13 7/8 × 3/4 in. (46.7 × 35.2 × 1.9 cm)
Page: 18 × 13 1/8 in. (45.7 × 33.3 cm)
Image (Eye): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Eye): 5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (13.3 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Man with rock): 10 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (26.7 × 17.1 cm)
Plate Mark (Man with rock): 11 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (30.2 × 18.1 cm)
Image (Two male faces ): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Two male faces): 5 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (13.7 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Man in cityscape): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Man in cityscape): 5 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (14.3 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Sailor): 10 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (25.7 × 16.8 cm)
Plate Mark (Sailor): 10 1/2 × 7 in. (26.7 × 17.8 cm)
Page: 18 × 13 1/8 in. (45.7 × 33.3 cm)
Image (Eye): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Eye): 5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (13.3 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Man with rock): 10 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (26.7 × 17.1 cm)
Plate Mark (Man with rock): 11 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (30.2 × 18.1 cm)
Image (Two male faces ): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Two male faces): 5 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (13.7 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Man in cityscape): 5 1/4 × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Plate Mark (Man in cityscape): 5 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (14.3 × 21.3 cm)
Image (Sailor): 10 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (25.7 × 16.8 cm)
Plate Mark (Sailor): 10 1/2 × 7 in. (26.7 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsBook
Credit LineGift of the Robert A. Ewing Estate, 2012
Object number2012.20.1
DescriptionLarge folio handbound in linen with a black leather label on the front with embossed lettering (“CAVAFY”) in linen-covered box, containing six poems by Cavafy (in English and Greek), translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, and five photographs (portraits of young men) by Duane Michals, with an afterword by Michals.eMuseum Notes
The writings of Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) provided the inspiration for this special edition book, which joins a long history of publications in which images are meant to illuminate the text without necessarily illustrating them. Here, the photographer Duane Michals summons the poet’s imagination – filled with Greek legends, sensual pleasures, nostalgia, and regret – to evoke Cavafy’s themes in pictures and to help add him to the pantheon of neo-classical writers.
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Dan Carr
November 2003
Ralph Steiner
