Manuscript for an Early Bookwork
The autograph manuscript for amor, la palabra (1973), ink on paper, ruled notebook.
[25] leaves, written on rectos only. Small 4to (207 x 160 mm.), patterned softcover (extremities a little sunned), manuscript title on upper cover, exposed sewing. Amsterdam: 1973.
A most exciting discovery: the manuscript, in the hand of Ulises Carrión (1941-89), for an early bookwork. Amor, la palabra was one of no fewer than six books that he published in 1973, it is also among his rarest. As in the final printed version, this manuscript is dedicated to Carrión’s partner, Aart van Barneveld (1951-90), who co-founded Other Books and So, Stempelplaats, and Timed Based Arts: “para aart, / que estudia filología.”
The present manuscript was not known to the editors of the Books & More catalogue, who record only the manuscripts and typescripts for the following books published during Carrión’s lifetime: Conjugaciones (E), Argumentos (F), and Soneto(s) (G).
In an excellent state of preservation. Our manuscript comes from the collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018), friend and creative partner to Carrión and the foremost chronicler of Carrión’s life and works through the exhibitions “We have won! Haven’t we?” (1992) and Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016).
❧ Not in J. J. Agius & R. Ocampo, eds., Ulises Carrión: Books & More, Catalogue Raisonné (2013).
Price: $15,000.00
Item ID: 8656
