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THE INFERNO OF DANTE MICHAEL MAZUR ETCHINGS In 1993, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published to great acclaim The Inferno of Dante, translated by Robert Pinsky and illustrated with reproductions of monotypes by Michael Mazur. Now in this new suite of forty-one etchings, Mazur makes the Inferno images available as original prints. His new version extends and deepens the record of his lifelong reading of Dante's poem. Each image faces the relevant excerpted portion of Dante's poem in Italian with Pinsky's English translation. Presented in two beautifully designed formats, one format contains two bound volumes, the other is portfolio bound, with loose pages. This is a communion of three masters: the Italian poet, his premier modern translator, and a contemporary master in the art of printmaking. The Inferno, the first and most familiar of three sections of The Divine Comedy, was completed early in the 14th century, by the poet Dante Alighieri while in exile from his beloved city of Florence. The poem, written in the vernacular Italian rather than Latin, expands the traditional troubadour love song/poem into a journey defining the human condition. Its exploration of sin and weakness retains its universality because we still recognize all of its elements in our own time and in ourselves. The Inferno is a poem of despair, sadness and loss culminating in the hope and ultimate redemption that Dante, the pilgrim, finds in the Purgatory and Paradiso, which complete the Divine Comedy. The long history of illustrations of this poem traditionally includes the figures of Dante and Virgil on their journey. Michael Mazur has chosen to show what they saw rather than their seeing of it. For More Information: WWW.MARYRYANGALLERY.COM Mary Ryan Gallery 24 West 57th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 tel 212 397 0669 fax 212 397 0766   FOUR LITHOGRAPHS FOR FOUR QUATRAINS Four Lithographs by Michael Mazur for a poem by Tu-Fu (712-790 AD.) 1999 in a version by Gail Mazur The 12 sets of the porfolio each contain 4 lithographs Thaw I, Thaw II, Summer Cascade & Autumnal printed by Anrew Mockler (assisted by Martin Mazzora) at Jungle Press Portfolio designed by Ann Beresford Typeface by David Wolfe at Wolf Editions     HERNA A Story By: Melinda Marble Illustrations: Michael Mazur 2 original drypoints hors texte by Michael Mazur, printed in brown and black. Japan tissue guards. 4to. Handmade pastepaper wraps. Clamshell box (red-gold silk over boards). Deluxe edition: one of 50 copies containing the two original drypoints, printed on Frankfurt Laid and Rives Heavyweight papers, signed and numbered by the artist and illustrator in the colophon, from the limited edition of 500 copies in all. Cambridge, The Bow & Arrow Press, 1993.     GENESIS translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter, with art by Michael Mazur. Genesis, translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter, with facing Hebrew and English texts, and with a frontispiece two-color etching on chine-collé by Michael Mazur, 1996. This highly acclaimed new translation of the first book of the Bible by Professor Alter of the University of California, Berkeley, was issued simultaneously with the scholarly trade edition, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1996. The Norton Genesis is included with the Arion edition so that the reader will have access to Alter's copious notes on the text and his decisions in translating. The Arion Genesis provides the Hebrew text from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, printed from type set in Israel. The frontispiece print by Michael Mazur evokes the creation, as chaos congeals into recognizable forms. Format: 16-1/4 by 11-1/2 inches, 104 pages. The type for the Hebrew is Hadassah, set in photocomposition by El Ot Printing Enterprises, Tel Aviv. The type for the English is Lydian, set in photocomposition by M & H Type, San Francisco. Both texts printed by letterpress from photopolymer plates, in two colors, black and purple. The paper is handmade Prague, from the Velké Losiny mill in the Czech Republic. The intaglio printing for the frontispiece was done by the R. E. Townsend Studio, Georgetown, Massachusetts. The binding is non-adhesive, the sections hand sewn with linen thread into a heavy paper cover, purple Colombe, handmade at the Larroque et Pombié mill in France. The volume is presented in a chemise and slipcase covered in purple cloth. Numbered and signed by the artist and translator. Edition of 200 copies.     IMAGES FROM A LOCKED WARD A Portfolio of Fourteen Lithographs, 1965 Impressions Workshop, Inc Seventy-five portfolios of this series of fourteen signed lithographs have been printed at Impressions Graphic Workshop, Boston MA. between 1963-1965. The Artist drew directly on the stones which were etched and printed under the supervision of George Lockwood. The paper is Arches cover. Copies numbered 1 to 10 contain an original drawing.     Other Portfolios that contain work by Michael Mazur … THE ART CONNECTION printed by Carolyn Muskat at Muskat Studios, 1998 published to benefit Art Connection, Inc, BostonTail Tales Portfolio … TALE TAILS A Collabration with Robert Birmelin and Michael Mazur, 1970 15 copies were printed at Impressions Graphics Workshop, Boston MA