Basil Ivan Rákóczi (1908-1979)
In the Beginning: A folio of lithographs illustrating 'The Book of Genesis'
A folio of sixteen hand printed etchings with accompanying text. Each etching, 32.5...

Basil Ivan Rákóczi (1908-1979)
In the Beginning: A folio of lithographs illustrating 'The Book of Genesis'
A folio of sixteen hand printed etchings with accompanying text. Each etching, 32.5 x 42cm (12½ x 16½''), is signed and numbered 31/50. The folio is signed again by the artist, by the printer Marita Van der Poest Clément and by Alexandre Sarrés who organised the layout. The folio was completed 16th February 1961 on the presses of the circle of the White Stag and the folio, which is presented in a slipcase, is dedicated to friends of the artist.

Published by Friends of the White Stag (White Stag Press). 50 copies were hand-printed on Velin dArches paper, signed by the artist and numbered 1-50.

Seven extra copies, containing five original proofs of the illustrations printed on Japanese Torinoko Kozo paper, were marked A to G. Three printers copies marked X, XX and XXX have been reserved by the collaborators in the creation of this folio.

The hand-printing was done by Marita van der Poest Clement, the composition and the lay out were executed by Alexander Sarres. The black and white etchings and the facsimile writing of the text, taken from the King James Version of the Bible, were made by Basil Ivan Rakoczi.

The original drawings were done by Rakoczi.

The printing was completed 16/2/1961 on the Circle of the White Stag presses in Paris.

 

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