Accession number:
PML 251751
Published:
Dallas, Tex. : Somesuch Press, ©1979.
Description:
24 pages, [3] leaves of plates : portraits ; 74 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes:
12 stamps on 3 leaves.
"A commentary on the work of Jack Milroy by William Packer, Art Critic of the London Financial Times"--Page 1.
"One hundred copies of the book were printed for the Somesuch Press in the spring of 1979 by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press in Madison, Wisconsin ... The stamp collages were fabricated by Jack and Katie Milroy. Amy Cuthbert made the bindings and slipcases. All copies, including 25 artist's proofs, are signed by the artist"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 9.
"No two collages are exactly alike"--J.P. Wightman card file.
Binding:
Crimson calf stamped in gilt. Issued in marbled board slipcase.
Variant Title:
Stamp collages of Jack Milroy
Inscriptions/Markings:
Artist's signature in pencil on page [25] as issued.
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
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