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CAULFIELD, PATRICK. Some poems of Jules Laforgue with images by Patrick Caulfield. 6 color screenprints, each signed, numbered, and titled on the verso, plus accompanying book with 22 screenprint images by Caulfield. 362x419 mm; 16x14 inches (sheets), full margins, printed on Neobond synthetic paper. Large folio, full light blue leather binding on text volume, print folio, and slipcase, some discoloration and minor scuffs. London: Petersburg Press, 1973
english edition, number 139 of 200 copies signed by caulfield, from a total edition of 560. A separate sleeve contains the 6 loose screenprints, titled: Ah! this Life is So Everyday She Fled along the Avenue You'll Be Sick if You Spend all Your Time Indoors All These Confessions . . . Oh Helen I Roam My Room She'll Have Forgotten Her Scarf. "The poems of LaForgue (1860-1887) were chosen by Caulfield; though he died young, his verses are reckoned a landmark in the history of Symbolism. The artist worked on the illustrations between 1969 and 1972, and arranged the lay-out of each page with Eric Ayers"--From Manet to Hockney 152.
