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The Hypodermic Hound, a.k.a. The Hound by Joseph Anthony Mugnaini
The Hypodermic Hound, a.k.a. The Hound
Joseph Anthony Mugnaini
Title
The Hypodermic Hound, a.k.a. The Hound
Artist
Joseph Anthony Mugnaini
1912 - 1992 (biography)Year
1981
Technique
color lithograph
Image Size
16 x 18 7/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
artist's proof outside the edition of 150
Annotations
titled in pencil and editioned
Reference
Used as an image to illustrate Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982.
Paper
ivory wove Arches, with two cropped lithographs by Millard Sheets on the verso
State
proof
Publisher
Inventory ID
24176
Price
$700.00
Description
This impression has two small color lithographs, printed as proofs, on the verso. One, or both, might be by Millard Sheets who also worked with Kistler.
In 1967, Ballantine Books published a special school edition of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" that eliminated two minor incidents and words such as 'hell', 'damn' and 'abortion'. Ironically, the censorship of this book about censorship and expurgation was unknown to Bradbury. He eventually found out and demanded that the full text be reinstated. Some editions now have a 'coda' penned by Bradbury: 'I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book.' The Hypodermic Hound on display is by the artist Joseph Mugnaini.
The image was included in this second printing.