Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) [The Seasons] An Impression of Winter [&] Spring, Summer, Autumn, loose sheets of titles, text and colophons only (no plates), with text of prospectuses and monotype-printed cover papers for Winter & Spring only, loose in morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Chambers 14-17], [1965-66]; together with the 12 original blocks for the prints (3 blocks for 9 double-pages to be joined at fore-edge forming panorama for each book), embossed gesso on board, each 153 x 790mm., one or two slight chips to block for pp.4-6 of Spring (13) ⁂ The original blocks for Cox's masterpiece, "reckoned the peak of his achievement as a printer" (Chambers) and intricate works of art in their own right. The blocks give a clear idea of Cox's artistic innovations, built up from layers of plywood, cardboard and gesso with varnished leaves, seeds, twigs etc. added for texture. According to a typescript of part of a taped account of Cox speaking to David Chambers (included with the lot) Cox remarks, "I was aware that this was going to be very experimental indeed, I hadn't done anything like it before". He worked on each block in the relevant season and describes the printing process in detail.
Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) [The Seasons] An Impression of Winter [&] Spring, Summer, Autumn, loose sheets of titles, text and colophons only (no plates), with text of prospectuses and monotype-printed cover papers for Winter & Spring only, loose in morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Chambers 14-17], [1965-66]; together with the 12 original blocks for the prints (3 blocks for 9 double-pages to be joined at fore-edge forming panorama for each book), embossed gesso on board, each 153 x 790mm., one or two slight chips to block for pp.4-6 of Spring (13) ⁂ The original blocks for Cox's masterpiece, "reckoned the peak of his achievement as a printer" (Chambers) and intricate works of art in their own right. The blocks give a clear idea of Cox's artistic innovations, built up from layers of plywood, cardboard and gesso with varnished leaves, seeds, twigs etc. added for texture. According to a typescript of part of a taped account of Cox speaking to David Chambers (included with the lot) Cox remarks, "I was aware that this was going to be very experimental indeed, I hadn't done anything like it before". He worked on each block in the relevant season and describes the printing process in detail.
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