Ape & Cat [and] The Madonna of the Future.

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• ARTIST: Jim Dine

• PUBLISHER: Arion Press, San Francisco,

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  DATE: 1997

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• DESCRIPTION: The box with bas-relief and “Ape & Cat” are limited to 75 copies for sale, numbered 1 to 75. “The Madonna of the Future” is limited to 200 copies for sale, of which 75 copies are included in the box with “Ape & Cat.” The balance of the edition, 125 copies is offered for sale separately. An additional 26 copies of the box set were produced for collaborators and are lettered A-Z. This set is numbered 48. Bas-relief sculpture on cover of box designed by Jim Dine, signed in pencil by the artist. The relief mold was made at the Walla Walla Foundry, Washington, and the casting was done at the foundry of M & H Type, San Francisco. The sculpture is inscribed by Dine with his signature and the number 97 for the year. <BR><BR> Two volumes, “Ape & Cat” by Jim Dine, “The Madonna of the Future” by Henry James, introduction by Arthur C. Danto. 18 photogravures in Ape and Cat by Jim Dine and 1 in “The Madonna of the Future.” Quarto (4to), accordion-style cloth binding, “Ape & Cat”. <BR><BR> From the colophon:<BR> “Designed and produced under the direction of Andrew Hoyem at Arion Press, San Francisco, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Eric Holub, Stephanie Dal Porto, Peggy Gotthold, and Leif Erlandsson. The types are Ties New Roman. The intaglio printing was done by R. E. Townsend Studio, Georgetown, Massachusetts, by Robert Townsend and Katherine Hanlon, from plates made by Jeno Gindl, Berlin, and proofed by William Hall at Pace Editions, New York City. The paper is Hahnemuhle Copperplate. Published in an edition limited to 75 numbered and 26 lettered copies, each signed by the artist.” <BR><BR>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: With original promotional flyer laid in.

• CONDITION: Very good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 20th-21st Century Subjects