Roland Penrose 'The Road is Wider Than Long' 1938 (2nd Edition 1980)
One of 3000 copies printed on the occasion of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1980. Roland Penrose (illustrator). Stiff card covers with title to front and spine containing photographs by Roland Penrose, surrealist poetry and "unconventional layouts", using various typeface in both black and red. The first edition for 'London Gallery Editions', was No 1 of a series of Surrealist Poetry edited by ELT Mesens, 1938
”During July and August 1938, as Europe prepared for war, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller journeyed through the Balkans. Penrose was a painter and a writer; Miller was a studio assistant to Man Ray, a muse to several artists, and a photographer. As they travelled, Penrose snapped pictures and took notes of a world that both artists were just discovering and that would soon largely be destroyed and transformed forever. Shortly after their return, Penrose published "The Road Is Wider Than Long", containing the photographs he had taken and poetic commentary on what he and Miller experienced during their travels. The work was published in a limited edition with several illuminated initial capital letters and a colour sketch by Penrose. This is a facsimile edition of the work - which Penrose called "an image diary from the Balkans".
Title: 'Roland Penrose: The Road is Wider than Long'
Authors: Roland Penrose
Publisher: Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1938. (Second Edition 1980) one of 3000 copies
Format: Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket
Pages: Unpaginated.
Condition: Very good.
Stock number: RB01841
One of 3000 copies printed on the occasion of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1980. Roland Penrose (illustrator). Stiff card covers with title to front and spine containing photographs by Roland Penrose, surrealist poetry and "unconventional layouts", using various typeface in both black and red. The first edition for 'London Gallery Editions', was No 1 of a series of Surrealist Poetry edited by ELT Mesens, 1938
”During July and August 1938, as Europe prepared for war, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller journeyed through the Balkans. Penrose was a painter and a writer; Miller was a studio assistant to Man Ray, a muse to several artists, and a photographer. As they travelled, Penrose snapped pictures and took notes of a world that both artists were just discovering and that would soon largely be destroyed and transformed forever. Shortly after their return, Penrose published "The Road Is Wider Than Long", containing the photographs he had taken and poetic commentary on what he and Miller experienced during their travels. The work was published in a limited edition with several illuminated initial capital letters and a colour sketch by Penrose. This is a facsimile edition of the work - which Penrose called "an image diary from the Balkans".
Title: 'Roland Penrose: The Road is Wider than Long'
Authors: Roland Penrose
Publisher: Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1938. (Second Edition 1980) one of 3000 copies
Format: Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket
Pages: Unpaginated.
Condition: Very good.
Stock number: RB01841
One of 3000 copies printed on the occasion of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1980. Roland Penrose (illustrator). Stiff card covers with title to front and spine containing photographs by Roland Penrose, surrealist poetry and "unconventional layouts", using various typeface in both black and red. The first edition for 'London Gallery Editions', was No 1 of a series of Surrealist Poetry edited by ELT Mesens, 1938
”During July and August 1938, as Europe prepared for war, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller journeyed through the Balkans. Penrose was a painter and a writer; Miller was a studio assistant to Man Ray, a muse to several artists, and a photographer. As they travelled, Penrose snapped pictures and took notes of a world that both artists were just discovering and that would soon largely be destroyed and transformed forever. Shortly after their return, Penrose published "The Road Is Wider Than Long", containing the photographs he had taken and poetic commentary on what he and Miller experienced during their travels. The work was published in a limited edition with several illuminated initial capital letters and a colour sketch by Penrose. This is a facsimile edition of the work - which Penrose called "an image diary from the Balkans".
Title: 'Roland Penrose: The Road is Wider than Long'
Authors: Roland Penrose
Publisher: Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1938. (Second Edition 1980) one of 3000 copies
Format: Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket
Pages: Unpaginated.
Condition: Very good.
Stock number: RB01841