Dawn (from "This Hunger" by Anais Nin) by Ian Hugo
Dawn (from "This Hunger" by Anais Nin)
Ian Hugo
Title
Dawn (from "This Hunger" by Anais Nin)
Artist
Ian Hugo
1898 - 1985 (biography)Year
1945
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
8 x 6"
Signature
pencil signed, lower right
Edition Size
proof; outside the edition of 40 published in Anais Nin's "This Hunger"
Annotations
Reference
Paper
very fine ivory wove
State
proof
Publisher
artist and Anais Nin
Inventory ID
19354
Price
SOLD
Description
This color woodcut is a proof from the personal collection of Atelier 17 printmaker Ian Hugo, whose given name was Hugh Guiler and was married to the writer Anais Nin.
Hugo and Nin collaborated on a number of literary projects together, one of which was a collection of 5 of Nin's works titled "This Hunger." Published in 1945 by Gemor Press, their own publishing company, the hand made book, done in an edition of 40, contained 5 color woodcuts by Hugo. Later that year the story was expanded and incorporated into her first full length novel, 'Ladders to Fire.'
This image illustrated the first page of the chapter Hejda in 'This Hunger.'