{"product_id":"23227-cage-john-paz-octavio-schreiber-noll-ilse-reading-john-cage-white-on-blanco-illustrated-portfolio-one-of-14-copies","title":"Cage, John. (1912–1992) \u0026 Paz, Octavio. (1914 - 1998) \u0026 Schreiber-Noll, Ilse. \"Reading John Cage\"  \/ “White on Blanco” - ILLUSTRATED PORTFOLIO, ONE OF 14 COPIES","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reading John Cage\" by Octavio Paz and “White on Blanco” by John Cage, translated by Eliot Weinberger.  Bilingual, w\u003cspan\u003eith woodcuts and monoprints by Ilse Schreiber-Noll. \u003c\/span\u003eLarge folio ( 15 x 22 inches), loose as issued, pictorial wrappers, housed in a sepia linen drop-back box.  Conceived, printed and bound by the artist in an edition of only 14 copies, signed by poet, artist and translator. Light wear, overall very fine. A rare example of this spectacular and sumptuous production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book all participants join voices in a complex bilingual counterpoint of mutual admiration. Octavio Paz’s poem \u003cem\u003eReading John Cage\u003c\/em\u003e (“Lectura de John Cage”) includes quotes from Cage’s books \u003cem\u003eSilence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Year from Monday, \u003c\/em\u003ehere printed both in Spanish and in brilliant English translation by Eliot Weinberger. This is responded to by Cage, himself, in verses titled \u003cem\u003eWhite on Blanco, \u003c\/em\u003ein which he takes some phrases from Paz’s emblematic open poem \u003cem\u003eBlanco \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto write a mesostic poem in Spanish titled “White on Blanco for O.P.”\u003c\/span\u003e in the form which permits reading down through the center of the verse as well as left to right. His poem was reproduced here from the original manuscript by photo offset. Eliot Weinberger completes the triad with his own mesostic on Paz and Cage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093838909599,"sku":"23227","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cage_2C_John_Paz_2C_Octavio_Schreiber-Noll_Reading_John_Cage_White_on_Blanco_23227f.jpg?v=1722190724","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23227-cage-john-paz-octavio-schreiber-noll-ilse-reading-john-cage-white-on-blanco-illustrated-portfolio-one-of-14-copies","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}