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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) SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Antony & Cleopatra. Designed and Produced by Ronald King with Notes and an Introductory Essay 'The Elusive Absolute' by Keith Please, ONE OF 40 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES, Guildford, Circle Press Publications, 1979
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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SMITH (PHILIP)
SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Antony & Cleopatra. Designed and Produced by Ronald King with Notes and an Introductory Essay 'The Elusive Absolute' by Keith Please, ONE OF 40 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES, this marked 'A.P.', from an overall edition of 355 copies, signed by the artist, colour silkscreen prints throughout (some full- or double-page), without the additional print found with some copies, bound in yellow goatskin by Philip Smith (blindstamped '20CPSmith 05' on paste-downs, and inscribed on the colophon "Special binding by Philip Smith. This Box, Yellow Papers, Geometry, Made by Phlip Smith 2005"), covers and spine with a band of dark blue goatskin at top representing the night sky with star constellations painted in white, and with 3 onlaid pyramids and painted crescent moon (upper cover) and onlaid temple buildings (lower cover), the upper cover with large blind-tooled geometric design of circles incorporating the 'Golden Rectangle' and a straight line extending to the Belt of Orion above, blind-lettered spine, brown endpapers with yellow strips and blue leather joint strenghteners, printed notes for the binding and geometric design tipped-in at end, housed in felt-lined cloth solander box, covered in yellow marbled paper, with the same geometric design in pen and ink on the front, gilt lettered marbled paper label on spine, folio (380 x 290mm.), Guildford, Circle Press Publications, 1979
Footnotes
"The design of this binding is atypical of P.S.'s style, and is intended to create a simple sweep of leather with few features, unlike his 'multipleist' work. The interest lies, he thinks, not so much in the realistic treatment of the scene as in the amazing coincidences happening in the diagram. It is an intuitive and intellectual work" (from Maker's Notes). Philip Smith collaborated with Ronald King on a number of occasions: a binding for the Circle Press Macbeth is in the British Library.