Description: This is an original 1 of 26 signed artist proof in great condition stored with over 100 additional artist proof all signed b write up below is from the David Lance Goines website. ****Free Shipping**** will be mailed Priority in a special Priority mailer insured and will required to be signed for Edition of 1873 of which 300 copies are signed 1-300, 26 copies are signed A-Z as artist's proofs, and five sets are signed as progressives. December 1, 1979 Two colors 18" x 24" Influence: Albrect Dürer, Wolfgang Fugger, Geofroy Tory Client: Self Promotion 1-300: Saint Hieronymus Press, Inc. A-Z: Artist's own use Progressives: Saint Hieronymus Press, Inc. (Letters from the book A Constructed Roman Alphabet, were issued in 1989 by Mohawk Superfine Letterpress Paper as a broadside.) Reprinted at 90% of the original size, in two colors, by letterpress on October 13, 2013 in an edition of 230 as a keepsake for a meeting and talk given by David Lance Goines for the Roxburgh Club, San Francisco. A popular toy, when I was young, was a device called a "Magic Slate." It consisted of a tough transparent sheet attached on one edge over a waxy black substrate. You wrote on the clear cover with a wooden stylus, and an image appeared because the cover was forced against the black. When you pulled the cover up, it separated from the black wax, and the writing magically was erased. As Plato pointed out, in his discussion of Thoth and the invention of writing, once you have an aid to memory, you no longer have memory itself. But, memory remains in the wax tablet, the carved stone, the baked clay, the printed page, the magnetic disc. Writing replaces individual memory with collective memory. Though the clear cover will one day be lifted off my life and my personal memory will be erased, the impression will nonetheless remain. You who live after me will still be able to hear my words as though I had spoken them directly to you; to see the images I drew as though I had drawn them yesterday. My life will become part of everyone's life, gradually fading into history, gradually adding to the richness of humanity's heritage, gradually dissolving into that rich, amorphous stew that makes us what we are. However jumbled and unintelligible, all the memories will still be there. Nothing is wasted; nothing is lost forever.
Price: 1000 USD
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: David Lance Goines
Production Technique: Lithography
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Material: Paper
Region of Origin: California, USA
Item Height: 24
Signed: Yes
Framing: Unframed
Image Orientation: Portrait
Handmade: Yes
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Signed By: David Lance Goines
Title: (#85) A CONSTRUCTED ROMAN ALPHABET:
Subject: (#85) A CONSTRUCTED ROMAN ALPHABET:
Type: Limited edition graphic art lithographic poster
Year of Production: 1979
Item Width: 18
