Picnics & The Subject of Desire
Anita Wilkins 1996
A single poem by Anita Wilkins printed in Meridien in two colors onto a note paper purchased in 1990 in a stationery store in Budapest, Hungary. A small floral drawing has been printed from a magnesium plate and hand colored with pencil in seven colors. The text is sewn into brick-colored Canson Mi-Teintes paper. This small edition was printed to celebrate the Winter Solstice birthday of Carolee Campbell’s husband, Hector Elizondo.
7 inches by 5 inches. 4 pages.
A second edition in 1997 was printed on various handmade papers and sewn into various handmade paper covers, several of which were handmade by Carolee Campbell.
55 copies in this second edition edition. 7.25 inches by 5 inches. 4 pages.