Jewish Fate

Book with 19 lithographs and one poem by Jim Dine with slipcase printed in letterpress; published 2015; not paginated; with slipcase

Dimensions

Book: 9 5/16 x 11 3/4 x 1/4 (25.2 × 29.9 × 0.7)

Slipcase: 9 5/8 x 12 x 7/16 (24.5 × 30.5 × 1.1)

Inscriptions

Numbered and signed "Jim Dine" (on colophon)

Edition and proofs

15 for Enitharmon Editions, London

15 for Picture Books, New York

10 AP, 2 PP

Publisher

Enitharmon Editions, London

Picture Books, New York

Printers and workshops

Nina Dine (lithograph), Ruth Lingen, assisted by Barbara Henry and Kika Gilbert (letterpress); The Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough, UK (binding and slipcase of Enitharmon edition); Mark Tomlinson, Easthampton, MA (binding and slipcase of Picture Books edition)

Working period

2013 (poem)-July 2015

Printing order

1 Black, plate (lithograph)

2 Black, letterpress

Type and paper

18 pt Bulmer type on vintage handmade J. Whatman and Head paper

Binding

Thread sewn hardcover, clothbound, with Bamberger Duo Traube deep purple mottled linen and quarter-leather; with printed paper label on front cover (Enitharmon edition); thread sewn hardcover, clothbound, with black foil-blocked type (Picture Books edition)

Comments

Trade edition differing in format and design published in 2018 by Steidl, Göttingen (cat. no. 628). The poem "Jewish Fate" was also published in 2020 in A Song at Twilight (cat. no. 634).