Damn Everything but the Circus [SIGNED 1970 1ST EDITION HARDCOVER WITH JACKET]
Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED COPY - Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, 1970. Hardcover in printed dust jacket. First Edition. Unpaginated with circa 60 pages and 29 printed color images throughout. SIGNED with a small jhert drawing to the first page (fep). BOOK CONDITION: Fien; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Very Good dust jacket showing light overall rubbing and wear to edges and corners including some light creasing and a small closed tear to upper right corner and another larger 1" closed tear to upper left margin near joint. SIGNED
Corita Kent, also known as Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986), was an artist, educator, designer, typographer, photographer and a Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Angeles where she ran the art department for many years. Since designing and printing her first poster in 1950, she helped to establish silkscreen as a fine art medium and had a tremendous influence on many designers over the years with her playful use of typography. Kent's colorful artwork reflected her spirituality, but her commitment to peace and social justice issues were often considered counterculture to mainstream political values in the 1960s. In 1968 she chose to leave the Order and moved to Boston where she remained active in social causes and making art. Over the course of her career, she produced over 400 silkscreens for posters, books, book covers, advertising and murals and her work was collected by many of the most famous art museums in the world, including the Victoria and Albert in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. In 1970, after Kent's move to Boston, she produced and designed her sixth book, Damn Everything but the Circus, an A B C book celebrating the 3-ring circus as a metaphor for life.. Fine / Very Good Plus. Item #11332
Price: $350.00