Angel at the gate / Peter Kingston ; introduction by Barry Pearce.
Angel at the gate / Peter Kingston ; introduction by Barry Pearce.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney Hill End Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
HX 2018/0018
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
16 unnumbered folders : illustrations (some colour), colour portrait ; 36 x 35.5 cm in 40.5 x 40.5 x 3.5 cm wooden box.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Spanish steps (wrapper) -- Outside the Colosseum (Angel at the gate title page) -- Introduction: Il Porcellino / Barry Pearce -- Memory fragment -- Peril in the Pantheon -- Justin O'Brien, self portrait, 1941 -- Hungover on the Ponte Sant' Angelo (etching printed in sepia) -- Up and down the street...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney Hill End Press, 2017.
Edition
[Limited edition]
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2017.
Access and use
Access Conditions
Mitchell Library copy at HX 2018/0018: To be issued in Special Collections.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Peter Kingston’s artist's book of linoprints and etchings (interspersed with brief texts and lively sketches) pays homage to the work of early Renaissance painter Piero della Francesco (especially his Defeat of Chosroes), amongst other fragments collected over three visits to Italy in fifty years. In his Epilogue, Kingston writes, “Piero embraces e...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Angel at the gate / Peter Kingston ; introduction by Barry Pearce.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Limited edition of 11 copies: 5 hors commerce copies reserved for those who worked on the project; 6 copies for sale, signed and dated by the artist.
Mitchell Library copy at HX 2018/0018: copy no. 5 of limited edition of 6....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HX 2018/0018
Record Identifier
74VKVLAEeo3g
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLAEeo3g
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991024111119202626
