ASHBERY, John; BRAINARD, Joe (illus.)

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The Vermont Notebook. First edition, signed limited issue, number 23 of 250 hardcover copies signed and numbered by Ashbery and Brainard, who in this work exemplify "the possible interplay between verbal and visual art... Brainard finds perfect complementary images to reveal further delicate facts and observations throughout" (Diggory).Joe Brainard's "drawing style was virtuosic, equal to all moods and genres, from the important 'suites' of high-contrast black ink drawings, like those in his collaboration with John Ashbery, The Vermont Notebook" (Kernan, p. 54). There were also issued an additional 26 signed and lettered copies with an original ink drawing by the artist. The trade edition was published in wrappers.

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