Hawkes, John (Author); Solien, T. L. (Artist). Innocence in Extremis

Hawkes, John (Author); Solien, T. L. (Artist). Innocence in ExtremisNew York: The Grenfell Press, 1985. From the colophon: "118 copies have been printed & published at The Grenfell Press, New York City, in spring summer 1985. Copies numbered 1 85 are printed on Saunders paper and bound in quarter morocco with the covers and frontispiece by T. L. Solien. Roman numeral copies I XV are bound in full morocco hand colored by the artist and contain a frontispiece. Lettered copies A R are for the author and artist. Bindings

New York: The Grenfell Press, 1985. 

From the colophon: "118 copies have been printed & published at The Grenfell Press, New York City, in spring/summer 1985. Copies numbered 1-85 are printed on Saunders paper and bound in quarter morocco with the covers and frontispiece by T. L. Solien. Roman numeral copies I-XV are bound in full morocco hand-colored by the artist and contain a frontispiece. Lettered copies A-R are for the author and artist. Bindings are by Claudia Cohen; Michael Bixler has set the text in Dante. Each copy has been signed by John Hawkes and T. L. Solien." Copy XIII of the Roman numeral edition.

T. L. Solien’s work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions across the country and is included in public and private collections around the world.  Selected collections include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art;  Minneapolis Institute of Art; Tate Gallery, London;  National Gallery of Australia; Singapore Art Museum, among others. (source: Tory Folliard Gallery).

Near fine, slight uneven tanning to boards, small and shallow abrasion to rear cover.  In publisher’s plexiglass slipcase, one seam split as appears to be common to be this title, small chip and a couple of cracks, neither affecting the case’s integrity.