Research Catalog

Title

Wedding in the forest.

Author

Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972

Publication

[Old Lyme, Conn.?], 1950.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ruff, David

Description

Broadside : illustrations; 43 x 31 cm

Summary

11-line poem written all in caps and surrounded by abstract design in color, within which appear a fantasy creature and two human figures opening a book.

Alternative Title

Yes there were green tables laden

Genre/Form

• Broadsides.
• Etchings – United States – 20th century.

Note

• Printed February 7, 1950 -- from printed label on back.
• Soft-ground etching and engraving on copper; black intaglio with three color offset; printed on Dutch van Gelder rag paper.
• Master printer David Ruff was a close friend of Patchen’s. In 1950, Ruff established The Print Shop, in San Francisco. In the following year hewould print Jargon 1, and five years later would go on to print the first volume in the legendary City Lights Pocket Poets series, Ferlinghetti’s Pictures of a Gone World.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll+++ Framed Patchen W43 1950

OCLC

32630104

Author

Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972.

Title

Wedding in the forest.

Imprint

[Old Lyme, Conn.?], 1950.

Access

Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Local Note

Label on verso of frame: 'Wedding in the Forest', a soft-ground etching & engraving on copper ... the edition consists of 50 copies of which this is number 16."

Berg Collection copy matted and framed.

Since the signed, title pastedown is affixed to the back of the frame, it is likely that the frame is original, or at least contemporary with the sale of the print.

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Added Author

Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972. Signer

Ruff, David. Signer

Ruff, David. Artist

Ruff, David. Printer

Research Call Number

Berg Coll+++ Framed Patchen W43 1950