FOER, Johnathan Safran [ed.] A Convergence of Birds New York, Distributed Art Publishers, 2001
8vo. Brown cloth bound boards with blue lettering on front cover and spine; Housed in a matching brown cloth slipcase with title in blind; Illustrated pastedowns and end papers; pp. [8] IX-XVI [2] 19-238 [2]; a fine copy.
Limited First Edition of which this copy is numbered 173 of 225 signed copies
"Collage=Reality" This is a beautiful compilation, or in itself a collage, of fiction and poetry from 22 contributors, all inspired by the art and legacy of Joseph Cornell. Each contributer, a diverse assembly of persons as varied as Siri Husvedt, Diane Ackerman, Barry Lopez and Joyce Carol Oates, have signed their contribution and each piece of response comes accompanied by a a tipped-in color photograph of one of Cornell's works. Joseph Cornell was a New York sculptor and artist who was famed for his avant-garde collages, which he would centre in glass-fronted boxes. True to the books title, Cornell had an obsesion with birds and would create a series of boxes in which vibrant images of birds were mounted against harsh, white backdrops.
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