W S Merwin / Signs A poem with graphics by A D Moore 1971 Poetry

  
A poem with graphics by A. Moore Publication: Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1971. Description: Edition limited to 200 copies printed at Urbana, Illinois by K. [52]; printed in yellow and black; original gray cloth silkscreened in black; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The colophon notes that Publication of this work was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. " As in all copies, this text has been circled by Merwin and he has added a note in ink: "I did not realize this / W.

" Underneath which is a coda, of sorts, by the artist: "I did. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 45:'[A]t a party outside Iowa City, we were out in a field after lots of drinking. He gave me a two-page poem to print, Signs.

Under the influence of alcohol I accepted it and later had to figure out how to print it... I couldn't figure out how to make a book of what was in effect a group of little couplets. I finally decided that I would do it in columns... Subject: American Literature, Poetry, Press Books.

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