Pennsylvania Pastoral

Iowa City: Empyrean Press, 2012. Limited Edition. Broadside. Fine. No. 127 of 150, broadside, signed by Philip Levine. This broadside features a poem by Philip Levine (1928-2015), who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1995, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 1987, and was named the Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011-2012.

Printed in a limited edition of 150 copies on the occasion of the author's reading during "The Examined Life" conference at the University of Iowa on the 20th of April, 2012. The illustration is based on a watercolour by Deborah Zisko, who often creates watercolour collages of the Iowa landscape; below the artwork is a signature in pencil, presumably that of the artist.

___DESCRIPTION: Broadside with brown and black type, grey initial capital, colour illustration based on a watercolour by Deborah Zisko; Rialto type, Rives Heavyweight paper, broadside measures approximately 13" by 9.25" with the printed area being approx. 11" by 7", one of 150 copies, this number 127, signed by Philip Levine.

___CONDITION: Fine, clean with bright colours, without wear - as new (we acquired directly from the Press).

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