A very short poem : recalling evenings with a girl : accompanied with a portrait of a cat / [Phil Day]
- Bib ID:
- 6537348
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Day, Phil, 1973-, author, artist
- Description:
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- [Melbourne] : Mountains Brown Press, 2010
- 1 folded sheet : colour illustration ; 36 x 44 cm (folded to 36 x 15 cm, in folder 36 x 16 cm)
- Summary:
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An artist's book consisting of a single sheet folded into three segments with text handwritten in pencil and a large woodcut illustration of a cat printed on buff paper. On his website, the artist writes: "In Melbourne I met a girl, Srim. We walked a lot - mostly between Fiztroy, Fitzroy Gardens, Carlton, and Carlton Gardens. On our walks we met a lot of cats (which I photographed with the camera on my phone). A friend of a friend let me draw the[ir] cat - Jade. Jade was about to have an operation on her nose. She died the following year."
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Limited edition of 7 copies.
- National Library's SR copy is no. 1/7, signed and dated by the artist.
- Binding:
- Light green board folder with ivory paper hinge and red endpapers covering most of the inner boards. Text letterpress printed (in Futura) with title and publisher on the front cover, and dedication on the back cover.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Mountains Brown Press
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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