Черный лебедь = Black swan. Chernyĭ lebed́ = Black swan / [G.W. Bot]
Chernyĭ lebed́ = Black swan / [G.W. Bot]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Canberra [G. W. Bot], 2007.
Call Numbers
HF 2018/0003
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
Russian
Russian, English
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
39 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 x 47 cm.
Content type
still image
text
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra [G. W. Bot], 2007.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2007.
Access and use
Access Conditions
Mitchell Library copy at HF 2018/0003: Issued in Special Collections.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Artists' book and family history exploring the Canberra landscape as a metaphor for life on earth and the landscape within each person through linocuts and the text of a Russian poem by symbolist poet K. D. Bal'mont. A protest against economic rationalism which sacrifices the environment for the sake of short term economic prosperity.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Chernyĭ lebed́ = Black swan / [G.W. Bot]
Vernacular Title
Черный лебедь = Black swan.
Parallel title
Black swan
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Grishin, Alexander, translator, dedicatee.
Balʹmont, Konstantin Dmitrievich, 1867-1942, author. | Бальмонт, Константин Дмитриевич, 1867-1942, author
Canberra School of Art. Edition and Artist Book Studio.
Canberra School of Art. Printmedia and Drawing Workshop.
Бальмонт, Константин Дмитриевич, 1867-1942, author
Notes
General note
Translated by Alexander Dmitrievich Grishin.
Limited edition of 15 copies.
Parallel text in Russian and English.
Dedicated to my son Dmitry Alexandrovich Grishan.
Mitchell Library copy at HF 2018/0003: Numbered 6 of 15. Pencil annotation on colophon. Linocuts by G.W. Bot. Typsetting and bookbinding by Caren Florance, Book Studio, Printmedia & Drawing Workshop, ANU School of Art using tapa and black cloth. Printed on Magnani paper made of cotton and flecks of wool....
Language note
In Russian and English.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HF 2018/0003
Record Identifier
74VKVWVazmoy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWVazmoy
Other Identifiers
DDC
702.81
MMS ID
991024138313302626
