Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2021. Hardcover. Number 5 of 12 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. The text from this beautiful book was extracted from Lure of the Garden written by Hildegarde Hawthorne in 1911. There are also quotes about gardens and nature from such writers as Shakespeare, Longfellow, Gertrude Jekyll, and Dickinson. The book includes eight lovely large graphite drawings by Carol of plants. There are also 18 smaller drawings, some of which are reduced versions of the larger ones. Each was later finalized with the addition of hand-coloring using a combination of watercolor, gouache and colored pencil. The text is Inkjet printed on archival Mohawk vellum in Cochin and Cinzel Decorative types. Bound in dark purple cloth with title label on front cover. Housed in a dark gray clamshell box with charmng multi-colored floral papers on the inside lid and box bottom and title label to spine panel. A wonderful celebration of the pleasures of the garden. In fine condition. Measures: 7.25 x 7.25 inches. 54 pages. ARTISTB/051723. Fine.

Item #36574

Price: $350.00