A Diver Does not Abandon

A Diver Does not Abandon

Ono, Komachi, Active 9th Century--Translations Into English

Book Artists--Washington (State)--Specimens

Crosetto illustrates a love poem about the sea by Ono no Komachi. The accordian fold allows the colors and forms to swim across the page uninterrupted, becoming as soft and aqueous as the poem.

Inscription: Signed by artist in pencil on inside back cover and numbered. | Colophon reads: a love poem by Ono no Komachi; translated by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani; printed by Maralyn Crosetto at Day Moon Press 199.

Edition size: 12

Crosetto, Maralyn

Ono, Komachi, active 9th century

Waterland Press, Day Moon Press

Seattle, WA

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Structure/Folds: accordion-fold. Stored in own box.

Dimensions: 6 unnumbered pages; 9.5 x 11 x 1 cm (closed), 9.5 x 73 x 1 cm (open)

artists' books (books)

Twentieth century (dates CE)

1992

The original object was photographed with a NIKON D300 digital camera at 300 ppi as a JPEG file format. The JPEG file was then modified in Adobe Photoshop.

Photographer Marie A. Andrews

4 total views: front view, interior view

Donated by Barbara Robertson.