I saw it ... translated from the Russian by Maxim D. Shrayer. Artwork by Harriet Bart
[Minneapolis]: Mnemonic Press, 2023. Edition limited to 35 copies on Rives BFK from digital versions of Preissig and Futura Demi and converted to polymer plate; typography and letterpress printing by Phillip Gallo at the Hermetic Press, and bound into a Plike cover by Sherelyn Ogden. 8vo, pp. [32]; 8 illustrations by Bart (2 double-page); fine copy in original black wrappers, in the original black cloth clamshell box. I Saw It "presents the poem of that same title written by the Soviet Jewish poet Ilya Selvinsky (1899-1968). Selvinsky was the first Jewish-Russian poet to depict the Holocaust (Shoah) in the occupied Soviet territories. In January 1942, while serving as a military journalist, Selvinsky witnessed the immediate aftermath of the massacre of thousands of Jews outside the Crimean city of Kerch, and thereafter composed and published this poem about it. Partnering with noted typographer and fine-press printer Philip Gallo, Bart designed the book, clamshell box, and created the artwork. This project was of special interest to Bart, as her maternal grandmother was from Ukraine. In the book, she has written a remembrance of her grandmother" (harrietbart.com). Bart’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Germany, and she has completed more than a dozen public art commissions in the United States, Japan, and Israel. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Bush Foundation, McKnight Foundation, MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, NEA Arts Midwest, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Since 2000, Bart has published numerous fine-press books and mixed media bookworks. She has won three Minnesota Book Awards, most recently in 2015 for Ghost Maps. Her work is included in many museum, university, and private collections. Item #63648
Price: $1,200.00
