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BOOKBINDINGS BY PHILIP SMITH (1928-2018)
Born in 1928, Philip Smith began his career in 1949, graduating from the Royal College of Art in London with First Class Honours in 1954. He beacme an internationally renowned designer bookbinder and book artist, designing and creating intricate and fascinating bindings for well over 50 years. He was awarded gold and silver medals in several international competitions, and in 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to Art.
Philip invented and pioneered several ground-breaking and influential techniques and structural developments. His work is represented in many private collections and can be seen in several public collections overseas and in the UK, including the V&A National Art Library and the British Library.
Born in 1928, Philip Smith began his career in 1949, graduating from the Royal College of Art in London with First Class Honours in 1954. He beacme an internationally renowned designer bookbinder and book artist, designing and creating intricate and fascinating bindings for well over 50 years. He was awarded gold and silver medals in several international competitions, and in 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to Art.
Philip invented and pioneered several ground-breaking and influential techniques and structural developments. His work is represented in many private collections and can be seen in several public collections overseas and in the UK, including the V&A National Art Library and the British Library.
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SMITH (PHILIP) SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. Il cantico delle creature di Francesco di Assisi, Scuola del Libro di Urbino, for Antonio Toccaceli, 2001
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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SMITH (PHILIP)
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. Il cantico delle creature di Francesco di Assisi, number 745 of 1,200 copies, facsimile reproduction of calligraphic text in over 100 languages, printed in red and black, bound by Philip Smith in purple goatskin, signed and dated in blind at rear '20 CPSmith 01', each cover decorated with blue, brown and maril onlays outlining a figure, the one on the front cover painted in acrylics with a beach and sea-scape image representing the four elements of earth, water, air and fire (sun) and the symbol of a dove, the lower cover with a similar silhouette containing painted animals, fish, birds and the moon (representing space, the fifth element), spine of grey goatskin with two bands of raised maril onlays and title lettered in blind within leather label, grey endleaves, edges painted blue, the top and lower edges with orange, green, black and grey flames emanating from the multi-coloured headbands, with four glass beaded pins set into the lower edges to form a stand, housed in felt-lined blue buckram box, 8vo (243 x 166mm.), Scuola del Libro di Urbino, for Antonio Toccaceli, 2001
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Awarded a Silver Medal in the Second International Exhibition of Bookbinding as Art in Italy in 2001, organised by Antonio Toccaceli. The book was specially printed for the exhibition in an edition of 1,200 copies, 1,000 of which were reserved for binders. The present copy was sent by Toccaceli to Philip Smith, who used the technique of painting inset images in order to introduce the illusion of a further dimension.