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Ode to alliteration
(1967)
from the Mono-poem series 1967

Medium
woodcut and letterpress
Measurements
15.6 × 9.0 cm irreg. (image) 20.6 × 12.9 cm (sheet) (folded) 20.6 × 25.9 cm (sheet) (unfolded)
Edition
ed. 13/50
Printing/Publishing
printed by Sidney Fetter and Shmuel Gorr; published by The Levite Press, Melbourne
Inscription
printed in ink on front cover u.c.: ODE TO ALLITERATION / SHMUEL GORR
printed in ink on front cover c.: ORIGINAL WOODCUT / SIDNEY FETTER
printed in ink on front cover l.c.: THE LEVITE PRESS / Melbourne / 5727 a.c.
inscribed in pencil on right-hand side of inner section l.l.: 13/50
inscribed in pencil on right-hand side of inner section l.c.: Sidney Fetter
printed in ink and inscribed in ballpoint pen on back cover c.: ODE TO ALLITERATION / This is No. 13 (13 underlined with dots) of an illustrated / limited edition of fifty copies in the / 'Mono-Poem Series' wholly set up and / printed by the author and artist on a / hand press dated 1730 c.e. / Shumuel Gorrr (underlined with dots)
printed in ink on back cover c.: BY THE SAME AUTHOR: / Half Way Round the World / Out Of the Depths (Illustrated) / Something Happened at Lubavitch / No Haloes (Mono Poem) / Mono-Poem Series (Illustrated) / How Many Times? / Pourquoi? / The Profane / The Empty Shell
Accession Number
1845.5-5
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1968
© The Estate of Sidney Fetter
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display