Research Catalog

Title

On the art of painting / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; interpreted by Zahra Partovi ; etchings by Annette Senneby.

Author

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Publication

New York : Vincent FitzGerald, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Senneby, Annette.
• Partovi, Zahra.
• Wong, Paul, 1951.
• Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. pbl
• Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
• Thistle Bindery. bnd

Description

[32] p. : ill.; 17 x 25 cm.

Uniform Title

Chīniyān guftand mā naqqāsh-i tu. English & Persian

Alternative Title

Chīniyān guftand mā naqqāsh-i tu.

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – United States.
• Shaped books (Publishing)

Note

• Translation of: Chīniyān guftand mā naqqāsh-i tu.
• A poem.
• For discussion of the editions of selections from Rūmī published by Vincent Fitz Gerald, cf. article by Gerrit Henry in Print collector's newsletter, v. 21 (Mar.-Apr. 1990), p. 10-12.
• Calligraphy (Persian) by Zahra Partovi.
• The ill. consist of a diagonally rising or falling line, etched on the steel plates mounted on the case, embossed on the silk covers, painted in white on the case lining papers and endpapers and etched in charcoal gray throughout the text, where it may be seen 3 pages deep from any page, forming varied patterns. Etchings printed at the Printmaking Workshop by Marjorie Van Dyke and M'Lis Bartlett.
• Endpapers and case lining papers created by Paul Wong for Dieu Donné are "five-pigment, hand-mottled purple rust paper"--Henry. A blank bifolium of brown mottled handmade paper by Wong for Dieu Donné, bound in the middle of the book (between English and Persian texts), is counted in collation as p. [15-18].
• Binding: Publisher's dark navy blue silk with embossed line, by Zahra Partovi. Boards are in the shape of a trapezoid bisected at the spine, so that the diagonal motif is continued by trapezoidal front and back covers each exposing a triangular portion of the pages. Issued in a trapezoidal dark navy blue silk covered box made by David Bourbeau at Thistle Bindery, with carbide steel plates mounted on top and bottom (steel by Hector Perez, etched by Senneby). Size of box: 19 x 26 x 21 x 27 cm.

Language (note)

• English and Persian.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-133

OCLC

NYPG92-B35043

Author

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Title

On the art of painting / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; interpreted by Zahra Partovi ; etchings by Annette Senneby.

Imprint

New York : Vincent FitzGerald, 1989.

Language

English and Persian.

Local Note

50 copies printed in gray at Allethaire Press, Hadley, Mass., and Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Mass., on Rives Johannot paper. No. 6/50; signed in pencil by the translator (in Persian) and the artist.

Added Author

Senneby, Annette.

Partovi, Zahra.

Partovi, Zahra. Binder

Wong, Paul, 1951. Papermaker

Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. Publisher

Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer

Thistle Bindery. Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-133