Extensively Illustrated with Collagraphs

Holguín, ínsula embrujada [Holguin, Island Bewitched]

González Sánchez, Ronel

Notes: 8 leaves. 8-1/4 by 9-3/4 inches.

This printing of González Sánchez's poem in four décima stanzas is one of the most ambitious uses of the collagraph technique by Cuadernos Papiro. Collagraphs use objects mounted on a printing plate to make images. This book has 12 collagraphs, including the covers; one double-page. The images, mostly architectural scenes, appear to have been composed on the plate using small pieces that the artist, José Emilio Leyva Azze, assembled like a mosaic.

Bibliographically, this is a complicated book. OCLC describes an edition of 150 copies. There are also copies with limitations of 25 and 50. There are at least two different covers, one designed from several sheets formed to make door-like flaps that open; another with French flaps that unfold to reveal publication information (and a printed date of 2003, as opposed to the 2004 of the colophon). Some copies have bookmarks inserted.

OCLC: AZS CUI FUG

Edition + Condition: Near fine, with a small area of surface damage to the front cover. This copy has a printed colophon on the second-to-last page with a handnumbered limitation of 50 copies and a printing notice on the final page with a printed date of January 17, 2004. It hash French flaps, and no bookmark.

Publication: Holguín, Cuba: Ediciones Cuadernos Papiro, 2004.

ISBN: 9597163063

Item No: #306292

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