Ted Hughes—Leonard Baskin, and others | Six illustrated poems, multiple copies, 1969-2000

Property of Frieda Hughes

Ted Hughes—Leonard Baskin and others

Multiple copies of six illustrated poems by Ted Hughes, comprising:

i) "King of Carrion", 1970, silkscreen illustration by Reg Lloyd, 4 copies, inscribed in pencil in lower margin: "Proof 1/2"; "10/20"; "11/20"; "19/20", all signed by Hughes and Baskin, 546 x 418mm., 11/20 creased with small marginal tear, 19/20 with slight chip at margin;

ii) "Crow and the Birds", 1970, set out by Reg Lloyd, 3 copies: 2 copies numbered, signed, and dated by Hughes and Lloyd (proof 1/3; proof 2/3), further unnumbered and unsigned copy, each 640 x 520mm., proof 1/3 lightly browned and with minor closed tear at margin, proof 2/3 with smoke damage, heavy creasing, and larger closed tears at margin, unsigned copy with slight creasing and minor closed tear at margin;

iii) "Thomas the Rhymer's Song", 2000, woodcut illustration by Leonard Baskin, number 5 of one hundred copies printed at The Gehenna Press, paper watermarked "Zecchi Firenze", limitation in pencil, signed by Baskin, 490 x 534mm.;

iv) Colour lithographed poster, advertising "The Illustrated Books of Ted Hughes" (an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum from 12 September - 18 October 1979), illustration by Leonard Baskin and text of poem by Ted Hughes ("In the Black Chapel"), 65 copies: 29 copies signed by Hughes and Baskin and with limitations in pencil, 760 x 507mm.;

v) "Fighting for Jerusalem... MidNAG poetry poster No.7", [c.20 October 1970], graphics by Rod Brown, for the mid-Northumberland Art Group, one of c.400 copies, 595 x 418mm., slightly creased;

vi) "I Said Goodbye to Earth", 1969, graphics by G. Robbins, 12 copies from a limited printing of 75, limitations in pencil (19/75; 28/75; 32/75; 34/75; 35/75; 39/75; 40/75; 41/75; 46/75; 47/75; 48/75; 49/75), all signed and dated by Hughes and Robbins, 8 copies slightly browned and stained at extremities, 4 copies with heavier browning, spotting, and staining

LITERATURE:

Sagar and Tabor, Ted Hughes: a bibliography, 1946-1995 (1998), A19, A22, A26