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Pitts, J. Martin.
Gymnopaediae. [Signed limited edition]
Publisher: The Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent;
Date of Publication: 1989
Stock Code: 12204
Number 172 of only 220 copies signed by the author. Quarto, unpaginated. With a single page text introduction, and illustrated with lino cut silhouettes throughout. Bound in quarter black cloth over pale blue printed paper boards, with figure blocked in terracotta to upper board. Black titles to spine. Housed in the publisher’s cream cloth covered slipcase with figures blocked in terracotta. Bound at the Fine Bindery in Wellingborough.
Spine slightly sunned, contents impeccably clean, crisp and tight. Near fine. By the noted English artist, J. Martin Pitts (1939-2002) known for his homoerotic artworks. Gymnopaediae takes inspiration directly from the Apollonian war dancing festival held in Ancient Sparta, with a bold male nude lino-cut to each page. Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil to the limitation leaf. £80.00