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Valdrada.

  • ARTIST: John Ross

  • PUBLISHER: Published by High Tide Press, East Hampton, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Collagraph,

    DATE: 1993.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 18 1/8 x 26" (46 x 66 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Artist proof for John Ross's book "Visible Cities", which has an edition of 25. <br><br> A whimsical city inspired by Venice. "The ancient built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, / with houses all verandas one above the other, /and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. / Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: / one erect above the lake, and the other reflected, upside down. / Nothing exist or happens in the one Valdrada that / the other Valdrada does not repeat ...."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil.

  • CONDITION: Very good condition.

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