TOP ROW
01. from Frank Scully (ed) Bedside Mania, Simon and
Schuster, NY 1936.
02 Not strictly a blank page but a most unusual titlepage of a frame
of different woods looking through to.... a white space with hovering
letters. Martinus Houttuyn, Houtkunde, Behelzende de Afbeeldingen
van Meest alle Bekende... A Representation of Inland and Foreign Wood,
as well as Trees and Shrubs, Amsterdam, 1773 - 1795.
03 from The Herblock Book, Beacon Press, Boston, 1952,
and a comment on the lack of freedom of the press in Argentinatimes
to coincide with the opening of the meeting ofLatin American foreign
ministers in Washington. "It turned out that the details of this
cartoon edition of La Prensa hadn't gone unnoticed and I felt it was
worth the trouble [of research]. I'm not sire it was worth the kidding
I got for the next couple of weeks about having let myself off easy
on that one." pp161 - 2.
BOTTOM ROW
01. Kasimir Malevich, OT
KUBIZMA I FUTURIZMA K SUPRETATIZMY,
Moscow 1916 THE BLACK SQUARE
02. The Cup We all race For, a trompe l'oeil painting
by the American painter Peto.
03. American cartoon, undated c1958, 10 x 14cms
DOUBLE PAGES
The blank chapters from L.Sterne, Tristram Shandy, 1783 edition
