October 14, 2009

Alexeieff's Queen of Spades

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9 comments:

  1. Great stuff. Really looking forward to the Poe illustrations.

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  2. Yes, I definitely second this.

    Does anyone else see an M.C. Escher-style effect in the bridge woodcut?

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  3. Wow. These fit the story so well. Perfect.

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  4. These Pushkin are exquisitely graphic, analytical, clarifying the images to the essential few forms, textures, colours of maximum force. Poe has inspired so many and so well: Epstein's oneiric Chute de la Maison Usher comes to mind, Anselm Keifer's eery Shoreditch installation. Dare one expect yet another side of the master sounded by Alexeieff: Poe the analyst, chilling illuminator of the obscure?

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  5. What fantastic illustrations--as Amateur Reader said, they really do fit the story beautifully.

    How you and your cunning associates get hold of all this stuff... I'm jealous and in awe.

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  6. Thanks for all the nice comments.

    Mr. Archaeologist, you will be most pleased with Alexeieff's Poe.

    Props for this post have to go to Richard Sica. He left a comment on my previous Alexeieff post, and since then we've been chatting about books and illustrators. His collection trumps mine in every way. (For one thing, I might never find a copy of this book.)

    Will

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  7. I do indeed see an M.C. Escher effect in the bridge woodcut. Absolutely exquisite prints. I am looking forward very much to the Poe.

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  8. These are great! I am in love with the second one from the top.

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