The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press. The charcoal drawings were transferred from the film to lithographic plates at American Atelier by Benjamin Shiff and printed at Trestle Editions on Japanese Kitakata. The text was set in English Monotype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letterfoundry and printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress on Magnani paper. They are accompanied by thirteen poems by O'Hara. In this LEC publication the complete original suite of 17 drawings were printed for the first time to illustrate the Club's edition of the O'Hara poems. Only three of De Kooning's drawings were used in the MOMA publication. The lithographs were originally created in 1967 as charcoal drawings on mylar sheets, to illustrate O'Hara's 'Ode to Willem de Kooning'. Contains 17 original lithographs by Willem de Kooning. This is copy 57 of a limited edition of 550 copies with Willem de Kooning's facsimile, authorized signature taken from the handsigned Bon a Tirer proof. The book is set in a black fabric covered and lined clamshell case with gilt-lettered leather spine label. One Volume, 17-3/4″ x 22″ As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).

Bound in black Nigerian goatskin, the book is set in a black fabric covered and lined case. Each print was torn by hand and pressed into the book s pages by the intaglio method. De Kooning s drawings were transferred from their original mylar sheets to lithographic plates and printed on hand-made ochre-tinted Kitakata paper. Facsimile signature by Willem de Kooning from the bon à tirer proof signed by the artist. Seventeen lithographs by Willem de Kooning. The thirteen poems begin with O Hara s Ode to Willem de Kooning. Seventeen of de Kooning s eighteen charcoal drawings are reproduced here for the first time as originally intended-with their subtle strokes and wide tonal range. A quarter of a century later, the mylar drawings were transferred to lithographic plates and printed under the supervision of the artist and the Museum of Modern Art solely in order to illustrate the Club s edition of those O Hara poems that had so moved de Kooning. De Kooning made his drawings on mylar which he then presented to the Museum.

The Museum of Modern Art honored Frank O Hara with a memorial edition of his poetry illustrated by artists who knew and loved him foremost among them, William de Kooning.

The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara