Books + Art - Douglas Stewart Fine Books

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Melbourne: Masterthief & Messofa Press, 2005
Folio, half-crushed morocco over screenprinted papered boards,
[6], 36pp, [14], 8 full page or double page lithographs, screenprinted
endpapers. Limited to 12 copies plus 2 artist’s proofs.
The poetry and lithography of Matoulas and Lyssiotis explores identity,
virtue and control over one’s own life, fundamentally expressing a
sense of alienation and imbalance. The books created by George
Matoulas and Peter Lyssiotis, either individually or collaboratively, as
here, are well-collected internationally for their creative approach
to exploring personal issues and the attention they pay to quality
production values.
Of the twelve copies of ‘His wayward hand’ released for sale, eight are
held in public Australian institutions.
Exhibition note: another example of this book featured in the
exhibition Fine Impressions : Printmaking and artists’ books in
Melbourne 1999 - 2010 at the State Library of Victoria from 26
August 2011 - 10 February 2012.
$ 2,200
His wayward
hand
LYSSIOTIS, Peter
and MATOULAS,
George.
# 157
Birds from Byzantium
LYSSIOTIS, Peter and OLYMPIOS, Lefteris
# 1958
Melbourne : Masterthief, 2010. Folio (430 mm tall), gilt-lettered
quarter-calf over embossed clothbound boards, pictorial insert, [84]
pp. illustrated with reproduced ink drawings and photomontage, an
original screenprint bound in. Text in English and Greek. Limited to 18
copies. Birds from Byzantium tells the story of a father and a son, the
meaning of time, experience and loss, set against the background of a
Byzantine Cypriot monastary whose ancient history is caught in the
modern turmoil of a nation divided.
$ 3,300