A poem about Cuban artist Ana Mendieta. "Diseño, dibujos y caligrafía del artista Rolando Estévez ; versión inglesa de Linda Howe"--Page [5]. Limited edition of 200 copies. One of a series of handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía. Body of book consists of 10 pages of heavy brown paper, with affixed collages of illustrations and calligraphic text (using papers of various types and colors); small pieces of eggshell are also affixed to two pages and a beige powdery substance to one. Main text is printed from calligraphy on two folded sheets of grained sand-colored paper (approx. 75 x 19 cm. unfolded), one for the Spanish version and one for the English version; each sheet is separately pasted at top, one just under the other, to page 9. Heavy black wrappers with affixed collages; the shape of a woman is cut out of the front wrapper and string woven through holes surrounding the cut edges. The page with the powdery substance shows through the cutout shape. Library has limited edition copy no. 091. IaU
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