Occult & Esoterica
[SPARE, Austin Osman; LETCHFORD, Frank] The Static Alignments. Austin Osman Spare's School of Draughtsmanship (Signed, Deluxe Edition)
[SPARE, Austin Osman; LETCHFORD, Frank] The Static Alignments. Austin Osman Spare's School of Draughtsmanship (Signed, Deluxe Edition)
Contributors include Frank Letchford, William Wallace, Michael Staley and Stephen Pochin
London: Jerusalem Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. xiv + 310pp. This is the Deluxe Edition, bound in quarter red leather over thick, green silk-like covered boards, limited to 90 hand-numbered copies in dust jacket and slipcase. This is copy No. 25. SIGNED by Stephen Pochin, William Wallace and Michael Staley. With b&w and color illustrations throughout. An amazing example of book art. Fine all around.
Featuring Fragmentum, written by AOS, here are the principles underlying his art. Detailed notes transcribed by Frank Letchford from his advanced lessons in portraiture, this is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to gain an intimate understanding of Spare’s work practice. Letchford studied the myriad principles underlying Spare’s rich and varied art production. Spare’s preferred materials and theories on how best to produce drawings by exploiting photography are complemented by art-historical wisdom. Spare’s devotion to geometry is revealed by William Wallace in relation to Dürer, the Occult, and to Spare’s monogram, early drawings, and late aphorisms. Richly illustrated throughout with as yet unseen works and abundantly annotated with endnotes and Appendix.