Ode to a chestnut on the ground, 2013
Verdigris Editions, Octon, France
Pablo Neruda, translated into English by Margared Sayers Peden with mezzotints by Judith Rothchild
Taken from ‘Selected Odes’ by Pablo Neruda, this rich volume is a perfect example of the work of Verdigris Editions, a collaboration between the American artist/printmaker Judith Rothchild and the English printer Mark Lintott. Together they produce small finely printed editions of classical texts and contemporary poets in their studio in rural France close to Montpellier (where they also grow and tend vines). Rothchild was born and brought up in Massachusetts, USA. She studied at Rhode Island School of Art and the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna before setting up the studio with Lintott in 1997. Their books are in Libraries and Museums in the USA and Europe including the New York Public Library, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
130 x 330mm. In the form of a leporello. Edition of 50.
Three original mezzotints and embossments by Judith Rothchild printed on Hahneműlhe paper and with a screenprinted cover. Handset letterpress by Mark Lintott who also made the slipcase. Signed by Judith Rothchild and Mark Lintott.
£700 (plus P&P and insurance)