Call Number:

PH-02592

Collection Name:

A Season In Hell

Creator:

No. of Items:

8 items

Span Dates:

1986

Description:

Published portfolio, entitled A Season In Hell (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986), containing eight photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989). Issued in a full red morocco leather portfolio with black lettered title, it contains two leaves of letterpress (title page and colophon) and eight leaves of photogravures. From the colophon: "This edition consists of 40 sets, numbered 1-40, ten artists proofs, numbered AP I-X, and five printers proofs, numbered I-V PP. The dust-grain photogravure plates were made by Jon Goodman. These plates were editioned by Peter Pettengill in two colours. The first colour (black) was wiped into the etched areas of the copper plates, with the second colour (transparent yellow) rolled onto the surface as a final step in preparing the plate for printing". The Ransom Center's copy is number three of the printer's proofs, and each plate is numbered, signed, and dated by Mapplethorpe. Plate information follows.

999:0029:0001 -- Mauvias Sang (Bad Blood), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0002 -- Nuit De L’Enger (Night in Hell), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0003 -- Délires I Vierge Folle L’Époux Internal (Deiriums I The Foolish Virgin and the Devil Bridegroom), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0004 -- Délires II Alchimie Du Verbe (Deliriums II Alchemy of the Word), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0005 -- L’Impossible (The Impossible), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0006 -- Éclair (Lightning), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0007 -- Matin (Morning), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet);
999:0029:0008 -- Adieu (Farewell), 1986. Photogravure, 12.6 x 12.2 cm (image); 36.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet).

These are the same images that were used to illustrate a 1986 Limited Editions Club edition of A Season In Hell (Saison en Enfer) by Arthur Rimbaud (French, 1854-1891). The Ransom Center's library contains a copy of that publication which can be paged through call number q PQ 2387 R5 S3 1986 HRC-P.

Location(s):

q PQ 2387 R5 S3 1986b HRC-P (999:0029:0001-0008)
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See Also:

A Season In Hell (Saison en Enfer)

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