Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Prosek, James, 1975-
Title:
The peacock & the cobra / James Prosek.
Alternate Title(s):
Peacock and the cobra
Published / Created:
Norwalk, Conn. : Center for Contemporary Printmaking, [2008]
Physical Description:
10 sheets, 1 matchstick ; in box 27 x 39 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This artist's book consists of 5 intaglio prints (plates 3 and 4 hand-colored), one linoleum cut, one handmade matchstick, essays by Harold Bloom and Ahmad Iftikhar, and colophon page with contents, set in 12 pt. Berling Bold. It is an edition of 20, numbered 1-20, with 4 artist's proofs numbered I-IV, 1 CCP archive proof, and 1 printer's proof. Each intaglio print was printed on Magnani Pescia paper. Linoleum cut printed on Moriki Japanese paper. All editions were printed by Anthony Kirk with the assistance of Chris Shore, at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, in association with Waqas Wajahat LTD, New York. The portfolio box was designed and built by the artist, and final boxes assembled at Imageworks, Westport, CT, by Mark Bunger."--Colophon.
Contents:
Contents (from colophon page): Peacock and Cobra, cover, digital print with silkscreen and ground walnut shells (texture on strike pad) on paper, wrapped around handmade cardboard slip box -- Peacock and Cobra, Black and Red, linoleum cut -- Matchstick, wood, wood epoxy, enamel paint, and burned image -- Title page -- The Encounter, etching and drypoint -- The Conflict, etching and drypoint -- The Mangoes, hand-colored etching with drypoint -- The Emergence, hand-colored etching with drypoint -- The Resolution, etching with drypoint -- W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens and the Peacock, essay by Harold Bloom -- Mangoes, essay by Ahmad Iftikhar.
Subject Terms:
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865–1939. | Stevens, Wallace, 1879–1955. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. | Nature in art. | Peafowl in art. | Cobras in art. | Mango. | Artists' books -- United States.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books. | Etchings -- 2008. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 2008. | Drypoints -- 2008. | Linocuts -- 2008. | Matches (fire-making equipment) | Matchboxes.
Contributors:
Bloom, Harold. | Ahmad, Iftikhar (Doctor of Agriculture) | Shore, Chris. | Kirk, Anthony (Printer) | Waqas Wajahat (Firm) | Center for Contemporary Printmaking (Norwalk, Conn.)