Topolski's Chronicle, Vol. Vol. XIII nos. 1-6 (1965) Omnibus: Bob Dylan, MLK, Ginsberg, Greenwich Village, Col. Boumedienne in Havana, etc.
London: Published by the Artist, 1965. First Printing. 23 x 18 inches, very good with central fold, cover in yellow stock, interior on tan stock. Inside cover features lithograph of Dylan in rehearsal, with purple coloring, and the rest of the cover (back sides) feature Greenwich Village scenes and also Martin Luther King and Hubert Humphrey. "International Poetry at the Royal Albert Hall" features illustrations of Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Voznesensky, Corso, and Trocchi with text by Trocchi, and another broadsheet features Col. Boumedienne and Castro in Havana, and Afro-Asian travelers. Topolski (1907-1989) was a Polish-born expressionist painter and illustrator who made his home in London. Topolski's Chronicle appeared fortnightly from 1953 to 1979, interrupted only to accommodate his exploratory investigations across the globe. The Chronicles communicated his art and observations to a wider audience. They were independently published, without advertisements or subsidies. Since his death in 1989 Topolski's Chronicles have retained respect as a pictorial and political record spanning nearly 30 years of world history. The Chronicles contain 3,000 drawings, and were exhibited in New York City, Moscow, Cologne, Hamburg, Hawaii, Tel Aviv and serialised in the United States, Poland, Italy, Denmark and Switzerland. Joyce Cary wrote, it is "the most brilliant record we have of the contemporary scene as seized by a contemporary mind." Very good. Item #H24970
Price: $250.00