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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)

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.

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