HIRSHFIELD, Jane

Within This Tree [Signed Poetry Broadside Limited to 50 Copies]

NP: White Pine Press Signature Editions, 1996. Kazuaki Tanahashi. Limited Edition. Single Sheet Printed Recto. Single poem printed recto on heavy stock measuring 16.5 x 20 inches. Broadside illustrated with Kazuaki Tanahashi brushwork. Corners sharp, Signed by both Hirshfield (in full) and Tanahashi (as "Kaz") in pencil, with the latter adding "1996". Of an edition limited to 50 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 2. Fine. Item #6499

A spare nature-poem that evokes a Buddhistic worldview, exquisitely enhanced by Tanahashi's abstract wash. Hirshfield, a chancellor emerita of the Academy of American Poets, has published nine or ten poetry collections and two collections of essays.

Master calligrapher Tanahashi studied under Shunryu Suzuki. A pioneer of the one-stroke genre, that may well be the technique presented here: A bold work in which the action of the stroke continues to convey that dynamism.

A bright, presentable copy of Hirshfield's poem, handsomely printed. Scarce.

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Price: $100.00