On the beach at night alone
By: Walt Whitman ; Barry McCallion
Publisher: Barry McCallion
Published: 2015
Place of publication: East Hampton, NY
Language: eng
Notes: Unique artist’s book, on Richard de Bas wove paper, signed by the artist and dated on the colophon. Leaves loose, as issued, housed in tan wrappers with brown spine, black paper collaged to inside of covers, in folder of black and with polka dot paper over boards, lined with white paper printed with black outlines of chrysanthemums, housed in tan cloth over boards clamshell box with black labels recessed on spine and front panel, the title in white on spine with author and artist in yellow, title in black on yellow ground on black paper on front panel. Accomplished in black India ink blocks edged in red with Whitman’s text handwritten by the artist in black ink - sometimes outside the black ink blocks, sometimes incorporated as part of the design within the blocks, sometimes repeated in both places. In addition, graphite acrylic paint is employed to create a misty secondary black on black. Acrylic paints, metallic and other inks add color and form. The artist states in the colophon that, "The white line drawings and handwritten text are employed to unite line with form and form with content, echoing the poet’s vision of all things large and small joined in an elemental oneness."

As issued, in linen-covered clamshell case; in CMI case.