Artists' Books Collection

De Vidushaka a Pelusín : el fuego eterno

Description:

Mimeographed reproduction of typescript and drawings on coarse brown and white papers, stapled at left margin, glued to gray art-paper wrappers, and tied with a woven red, black, and white ribbon. Wrappers are illustrated with mounted cutouts of colored and decorated papers. Collage on front wrapper incorporates a wood chip as part of a horse-drawn puppet carriage. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor ... --Colophon. LC has copy no. 013, unsigned. MSU has copy no. 3, unsigned by author, but on front endpaper is name of illustrator, age (12 yrs.), and grade in school (7th), in unknown hand. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).

Artists:

  • Morales, Armando, 1940-
  • Ortega Ruiz, Norlys
  • Zaldívar, Alfredo, 1956-

Publication Date: 1998

Original Size: 29, [6] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 x 24 cm.

Collection: MSU Libraries Cuban Artists' Book Collection

Call Number: oversize N7433.35.C8 C8 Box 5, Tray 5A

http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b3671296~S39a