Morrison, Lois – The End.
(Morrison, Lois) The End. [Poem by] Wilfred Owen. Illustrations and design by Lois Morrison. 1999. 10 leaves. 9.25″ x 10″. Stitched collage fabric book. Various colored stitching and collage against a pale green see-through fabric. Text printed on thin strips of cloth and stitched on by hand. Binding technique of 4 strips of cloth tied to a brown wood ’spine’ with rounded ends. These strips contain the text and to continue to the edge of the pages. Laid in a plum cloth dropback box, and further protected with a brown cloth bag.The only one for sale of 2 copies. Signed by Lois Morrison. Fine.
Wilfred Owen was one of Britain’s brilliant young World War I poets. He died in the last week of that war. The moving poetry of Wilfred Owen is well complemented by Morrison’s sensitive handling of the illustrations which amplifies the reader/viewer’s emotional response to the work.
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