SYD BARRETT BOOK The Definitive Signature Edition RARE Ltd 500 copies
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Description
A must for any Syd Barrett fan
This book is the Premium Signature edition.
For the source of the book and more details and images go to http://barrettbook.com/
Barrett is a premium quality, large format book, produced using the finest materials. It is full of unseen and rare images of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. It collects and catalogues for the first time artworks and photographs by Syd himself.
The book has been made in conjunction with the Barrett family and access to the family art and photograph archive, and their recollections have combined to show a new picture of Syd the creative, revealing a man who was a dedicated, practising artist throughout his life.
The book splits into three sections:
- Syd’s life in photographs – from growing up through to working and performing with Pink Floyd and his life as a solo artist.
- Unseen and unpublished illustrated letters sent to Libby Gausden-Chisman and Jenny Spires between 1962-1965, as Syd was finding himself as a painter and a musician.
- All of Syd’s existing work as a visual artist from 1962 until his death.
The book contains over 250 images. These include:
- Over 100 completely unseen images and many more reproduced in fine art quality for the first time.
- Over 40 artworks including: paintings, drawings, mosaics, collages, and sculptures.
- Over 50 unseen photographs taken by Syd of his artworks, including: images of his “destroyed” works seen here for the first time, studies in preparation for his artworks, images of his work area.
The Art section also includes:
- An extensive commentary on Syd’s artworks by Barrett art expert Will Shutes.
- Notes on Syd’s diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and his History of Art project.
- The Catalogue Raisonné of Syd’s art – listing and dating all the artwork known to have existed.
The book was published on March 18, 2011 and was launched alongside a month-long exhibition at the prestigious Idea Generation Gallery in London.
What you will recieve;
- Set of two leather bound volumes
- Presented in a hinged box covered in orange Brillianta cloth and foiled with Barrett signature and green metallic tortoise logo
- Signed by the authors
- Also signed by one of Syd’s siblings, either Alan, Don, Rosemary or Ruth
- Limited to 500 numbered copies - I am unsure of which of Syd's sibblings has signed this book because i have not removed the paper sleeve to look. I am also unsure what number out of 500 this is.
- 272 page book bound in dark green leather and embossed with tortoise logo and foiled with Barrett signature
- Presented in a slipcase foiled with bronze tortoise logo
- Over 250 images, including many unseen and rare pictures of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
- Over 100 completely unseen images
- Many more images reproduced in fine art quality for the first time
- Over 40 artworks including: paintings, drawings, mosaics, collages, and sculptures
- Over 50 unseen photographs taken by Syd of his artworks, including: images of his “destroyed“ works seen here for the first time, studies in preparation for his artworks, images of his work area
- Unseen and unpublished illustrated letters
- It also features an extensive commentary on Syd’s artworks by Barrett art expert Will Shutes, notes on Syd’s diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and his History of Art project
- The Catalogue Raisonné of Syd’s art listing and dating all the artwork known to have existed
- 72 page book bound in tan leather, embossed with tortoise logo and foiled with Barrett signature
- Presents for the first time 30 newly restored large format photographic prints taken by Irene Winsby. There are shots of Pink Floyd in rehearsal, as well as both candid and posed publicity pictures. They were taken over two sessions in January 1967 at the offices of Pink Floyd’s managers, Blackhill Enterprises. Almost all are unseen, and none have ever been reproduced in this quality.
- Interview with Irene Winsby, giving the full story of this legendary shoot for the first time.
This book cost me over £300 VIA the website - this is a bargain, I am forced to sell because of car trouble.
Please ask any questions.
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