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Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Language: eng
Subjects: Chilean poetry
Notes: "This limited-edition letterpress print of Cecilia Vicuña's text drawing "Com" is accompanied by a signed and lettered copy of the first edition of Spit Temple: The Selected Performances of Cecilia Vicuña, edited by Rosa Alcalá (UDP 2012).  Edition of 26, signed and lettered.  12 in x 12 in.  Printed at UDP on high-quality archival paper."--Supplied by publisher.

Eight words, each beginning with "com" (compassion, compass, commute, commerce, combine, communion, compose, compact) printed in the form of a flower-like swirl.

One of an edition of 26.

"Vicuña is a Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker. The author of twenty poetry books published in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., she performs and exhibits her work widely. A precursor of conceptual, impermanent art and the improvisatory oral performance, her work deals with the interactions between language, earth and textiles. Her most recent books are Kuntur Ko, El Zen Surado, and Saborami, (Chain Links). Chanccani Quipu, an artist book, was recently published by Granary Books. She co-edited the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry. Since 1980 she divides her time between Chile and New York."--Supplied by publisher.

Purchased March 10, 2020, with the Aloian Book Fund.

Bought with Cecilia Vicuña’s collection Spit temple. Signed and lettered by Vicuña, this and the volume together comprise "Copy J" in an edition of 12 issued by Ugly Duckling Presse.

In prefab case, 34 cm.