Item #4743 It Can't Affect Me. Paul Peter PIECH, Lynn MIDDLEHURST.
It Can't Affect Me
It Can't Affect Me

It Can't Affect Me

Bushey Heath: (Taurus Press). Paul Peter Piech. Limited Edition. Small 4to. Unpaginated [22 pp.]. Illustrated with several full-plate Piech linocuts printed in red. Bound in green cloth with printed title label mounted on front cover. Label with slight soiling, and a trifle fading at spine. Of an edition limited to 235 copies, this is 56, hand-numbered. Signed by Piech at the colophon. Near Fine. Item #4743

In an afterword, Piech reveals the book was a project sparked by teacher-student interaction when Middlehurst was a student at the London College of Printing. The poetry is hers; not sure if the artwork was solely Piech's or a collaboration. Regardless, it's some of his strongest work.

Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996) was born in Brooklyn to Ukrainian parents. Stationed by the US Army in England during WWII, he moved there to pursue a graphic arts career in advertising. In his free time he operated the Taurus Press, finding expression for his liberal voice while perfecting his idiosyncratic design aesthetic. With work marked by pleasantly harsh lines and distinctive, abrasive imagery, Piech owes more to Erich Heckel and Die Brucke than the mushy rainbows-and-unicorns ethos of the hippie era in which he worked. That said, he was just as inclined to print the word “Dicktator” above an image of Richard Nixon; his use of Old Glory, positioned sideways to show the stripes as prison bars, prompted a formal protest, 1979, from the American Embassy in London. The recent revival of interest in Piech’s work has created a steady focus on his oeuvre. He has entered the pantheon of worthy printer-designers of his era.

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Price: $125.00