Ediciones Dos Amigos. Genesis and Exodo (Exodus). Two Volumes. Buenos Aires Ediciones Dos Amigos 2001
One of 40 copies, all on Velin d'Arches paper, signed by Alica Scavino in pencil on the last print in GENESIS. Page size: 12-3/4 inches x 9-3/4 inches; 84pp; and 72pp; respectively. Bound: each book loose in original drab wrappers, GENESIS with an original engraving consisting of green, ochre, brown arabesques with title in black on front and back panels; EXODO with the title printed in red on front panel and in Hebrew in buff above the Spanish, housed in tan paper over boards clamshell box with title in black on spine, fine. Etchings and aquatints in Genesis by Alicia Scavino, signed by the artist on the final plate of Genesis. Etchings and aquatints in Exodo by Mirta Kepferminc. Had set and printed letterpress in 12pt. Electra by Ruben R. Lapolla, the edition was supervised by Samuel Cesar Palui and Ernesto Lowenstein. These two companion volumes are extremely beautiful and evocative of the creation and deliverance stories. Recently these books were featured in an exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design - "Sacred Text / Contemporary Form: Spiritual Traditions in the Digital Age."
$US6000
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