ZAIRA.

John Ross

Artist's Biography

Zaira.

Collagraph, 1993.
Paper size 18 3/16 x 26" (46.2 x 66 cm).
Very good condition. Folded as issued. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 95694
Price: $400.00
Publisher : Published by High Tide Press, East Hampton, New York. Artist proof for John Ross's book "Visible Cities", which has an edition of 25.

"In vain, great-hearted Kublai, shall I attempt to described Zaira, / city of high bastions. I could tell you how many steps make up / the streets rising like stairways, and the degree of the arcades' curves, / and what kind of zinc scales cover the roofs; / but I already know this would be the same as telling you nothing. / The city does not consist of this, but of relationships / between the measurements of it space and the events of its past: ..."Signed in white pencil, upper right. 20th Century Subjects , Town Views - Fantasy Scenes