La Revista del Vigia / Ediciones Vigia

Bookmark and Share
Identifier: FA.B27.0299
Collection: Fine Art Collection
Object type: Books
Dimensions: 29.7 x 23.6 cm
Creation dates: 2003
Created by: Laura Ruiz
Designed by: Rolando Estevez
Edited by: Agustina Ponce, Gladys Mederos, Leticia Hernandez
Inspired by: Jose Marti
Printed by: Alida Fernandez
Published by: Ediciones Vigia
Typesetting by: Enrique Ramos
Originates from: Matanzas
Subjects: Cuban, artists' books, collage, multimedia works, photocopies
Link: http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/spanish/hispcoll/hispexhibl/edicionesvigoia/edex.html
Number 185 in an Edition of 200; "Ano Catorce No. 26". Handmade book with illustrated flap cover with collage and applied split sugar cane shaft embellishment. Tipped in introduction by Laura Ruiz [p.2]. Leaves consist of photocopied typescript, hand-tinted drawings and collage on recycled tan craft paper. Book also contains an oversize, inset, printed and illustrated poem, "Entre Las Flores Del Sueno". This book is written primarily in Spanish with multiple contributing authors, and is dedicated to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the famous Cuban author, translator and political activist, Jose Marti.