The Jolly Corner (Portfolio of 21 etchings) illustrating the novel by Heny James by Peter Milton
The Jolly Corner (Portfolio of 21 etchings) illustrating the novel by Heny James
Peter Milton
Title
The Jolly Corner (Portfolio of 21 etchings) illustrating the novel by Heny James
Artist
Year
1971
Technique
Photosensitive ground etching and engraving
Image Size
19 1/8 x 15" paper size; plate sizes vary (refer to catalogue raisonne)
Signature
print #II:2 (McN. #70) signed in pencil, LR; pencil signed on colophon
Edition Size
138 of 150
Annotations
pencil editioned on colophon by the artist
Reference
McNulty 62 - 82
Paper
Rives Heavyweight Buff
State
Principal portfolio edition of publsihed state
Publisher
Aquarius Press
Inventory ID
5152
Price
SOLD
Description
The portfolio is boxed in a brown linen clamshell box. The prints are in 3 segments of 7 images to illustrate the story, which is told on 29 typeset pages. The text is set on Rives paper by the Press of A. Colish in Mount Vernon, NY. Abe Lerner did the typography and design. "The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up. He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found itself consistent with sanity."