first edition Softcover
1991 · New York
by Gan, Stephen; James Kaliardos; Cecilia Dean (eds.)
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1991. Limited edition. Softcover. vg+ to near fine. 1/1000. Oblong large octavo. 12x9". A white heavy stock textured paper sleeve with a printed "Visionaire" label and handwriting in black marker on the front cover, housing a portfolio in illustrated multicolored wrappers. The wrappers house a collection of 23 double-sided loose leaf inserts (some folded into multiple pages). Each of the inserts features either photographic reproductions, illustrations, text, or some combination thereof (including some poems), on the variety of paper stocks of different colors. The subject matter of the collection is all base around the concepts of travel and muticulturalism. The verso of the initial leaf contains a double-sided illustrated leporello folded 10 times (2.5x3.5" each), mounted on, and the last loose leaf contains a subscription sheet on the verso. Wrappers and leporello illustrated by Ruben Toledo. This is #906 from a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of the periodical publication.
White paper sleeve with some minor smudges. Illustrated wrapper with minor rubbing to the corners and minor creases and smudging to the interior. White sleeve and wrappers in very good+, loose leaves in near fine condition overall. Housed in a think mylar sleeve for protection. "From the beginning, we thought of Visionaire as an album of inspiration, a collection of our favorite images, which could take on any number of possible themes and formats. Looking at this issue (and later at Issue 6, The Sea), people took to describing it as a cross between National Geographic, a children's book (The Little Prince comes to mind), and a fashion magazine. This seemed pretty accurate. At that time, travel - physical travel around the globe as well as metaphysical travel of the mind - seemed a natural topic for our second issue (more than a decade later, it's hard to remember why)... With the first issue to show, it was much easier to convince artists and photographers we didn't know or had never worked with to let us publish their personal work... Mats Gustafson, Bruce Weber, Kenny Scharf, Serge Lutens, and Todd Oldham appeared in Visionaire for the very first time. The Washington Post called it 'Paper and ink as performance art' - as great a compliment then as it is today." - The Publisher. (Inventory #: 43540)
White paper sleeve with some minor smudges. Illustrated wrapper with minor rubbing to the corners and minor creases and smudging to the interior. White sleeve and wrappers in very good+, loose leaves in near fine condition overall. Housed in a think mylar sleeve for protection. "From the beginning, we thought of Visionaire as an album of inspiration, a collection of our favorite images, which could take on any number of possible themes and formats. Looking at this issue (and later at Issue 6, The Sea), people took to describing it as a cross between National Geographic, a children's book (The Little Prince comes to mind), and a fashion magazine. This seemed pretty accurate. At that time, travel - physical travel around the globe as well as metaphysical travel of the mind - seemed a natural topic for our second issue (more than a decade later, it's hard to remember why)... With the first issue to show, it was much easier to convince artists and photographers we didn't know or had never worked with to let us publish their personal work... Mats Gustafson, Bruce Weber, Kenny Scharf, Serge Lutens, and Todd Oldham appeared in Visionaire for the very first time. The Washington Post called it 'Paper and ink as performance art' - as great a compliment then as it is today." - The Publisher. (Inventory #: 43540)