signed
2008 · Sacramento, CA
by Vollmann, William T.
Sacramento, CA, 2008. Portfolio of two selenium-toned silver gelatin prints, "Burga" and "Valentine" signed and numbered by the artist, "3/5 William T. Vollmann" on the hand-written colophon page (also the titlepage) with a brief history of the image in his hand and dated "5/2008" also in his hand. This hand-written sheet is inserted in a paper "pocket" affixed to the inside back of the clamshell box. Each photograph, taken by Mr. Vollmann and printed by him, is 14 x 9-1/2 inches, matted to 20-1/2 x 16 inches. Housed in custom-made buff cloth clamshell box with 2 white paper labels bearing title which is lettered and signed above a painting by Mr. Vollmann on front cover, title and limitation lettered by Mr. Vollmann on spine label on white paper with black ink. Limited to a total of 5 copies, this portfolio contains one image drawn from the author's / artist's image appearing in POOR PEOPLE; the other is previously unpublished. (Inventory #: 10154)