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John Cage : a mycological foray / editor, Ananda Pellerin ; author, Kingston Trinder.
Fine Arts Library N6490 .C33 2020 v.1,v.2:pts.1-11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cage, John, author.
- Trinder, Kingston, author.
- Smith, Alexander H. (Alexander Hanchett), 1904-1986, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cage, John.
- Mycologists--United States--Biography.
- Mycologists.
- Mycology--United States--Popular works.
- Mycology.
- Mushrooms--United States--Pictorial works.
- Mushrooms.
- Naturalists--United States--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- Edible mushrooms--United States--Pictorial works.
- Edible mushrooms.
- Mushrooms--Pictorial works.
- Botanical illustration.
- United States.
- Genre:
- illustrated books.
- facsimiles (reproductions)
- Illustrated works
- Facsimiles
- Biographies
- Pictorial works
- Popular works
- Biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Facsimiles.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm (volume 2 consists of 21 individual pieces)
- Other Title:
- Mycological foray
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, California : Atelier Éditions, [2020]
- Summary:
- John Cage: A Mycological Foray' draws readers across the idiosyncratic, mushroom-suffused, innermost landscape of celebrated American composer John Cage. Upon the remarkable journey with Cage, one encounters assorted photographs, compositions, and contemplations; all in the very same unexpected fashion one encounters various flora and fungi species while mushroom foraging. Volume I encompasses Cage's mycological-oriented indeterminacy stories, diary excerpts, and essays; and the complete transcript of Cage's 1983 performance, 'Mushrooms et Variationes'. Volume II offers the inaugural reproduction of Cage's 1972 portfolio, 'Mushroom Book'; authored in collaboration with illustrator Lois Long and botanist Alexander H. Smith.
- Contents:
- I. John Cage: a mycological foray: Music lovers' field companion / [John Cage] ; Where the whippoorwill sound morel lay / Kingston Trinder ; Mushrooms et variationes / [John Cage]
- II. Mushroom book [20 lithographs] / John Cage, Lois Long, Alexander H. Smith.
- II. Mushroom book / John Cage, Lois Long, Alexander H. Smith.
- Notes:
- Title from slipcase.
- "'Music lovers' field companion', 'Mushrooms et variations', and 'Mushroom book' (with Lois Long and Alexander H. Smith) by John Cage"--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Volume 2 is a reproduction of Cage's 1972 portfolio "Mushroom book" and contains 20 loose unnumbered leaves of plates with x overlays.
- "Released as a limited edition of 75 in 1972, this illustrated book of 20 lithographs and accompanying texts is a collaboration between John Cage, illustrator Lois Long and botanist Alexander H. Smith. Printed at Hollander Workshop, Inc. in New York, the original lithograph sheets were 22.5 x 30 in., resized here for easier handling".
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
- Contains:
- Mushroom book.
- ISBN:
- 9781733622004
- 1733622004
- OCLC:
- 1181996869
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