HONEY
Short description:
This indisputably valuable edition of the poem by the outstanding Italian poet, artist, sculptor, author and scriptwriter Tonino Guerra includes original works created by the maestro especially for this book.
Artists:
Edition:
5 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 1 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:2010
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Number of pages:60
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Dimensions:580 × 440 mm
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Paper:original handmade paper
Language:
Russian
Tonino Guerra, the great Italian poet, artist, sculptor and author, wrote the scripts for a large number of films, including And the Ship Sails On and Amarcord directed by Federico Fellini, Red Desert and L'Eclisse (Eclipse) by Michelangelo Antonioni, Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica and Nostalgia
by Andrei Tarkovsky.
In 2004, while visiting the exhibition “Tonino Guerra’s Alphabet” held in the State Hermitage, Piotr Suspitsyn, the founder of the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house, came up with the idea of creating a book with the legendary maestro, and they reached agreement on the project in the spring of 2009. Their unanimous choice fell on one of Guerra’s best works – the poem Honey that tells of two brothers who have met in their native village after long years of separation.
In 2004, while visiting the exhibition “Tonino Guerra’s Alphabet” held in the State Hermitage, Piotr Suspitsyn, the founder of the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house, came up with the idea of creating a book with the legendary maestro, and they reached agreement on the project in the spring of 2009. Their unanimous choice fell on one of Guerra’s best works – the poem Honey that tells of two brothers who have met in their native village after long years of separation.
Work on the first copy of Honey
was completed by 15 March 2010, specially for Tonino Guerra’s 90th birthday. From 19 to 30 May 2010, the book was exhibited in the State Hermitage as part of an exhibition devoted to that notable occasion. Tonino Guerra took part in the opening ceremony together with his wife Lora Guerra.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Financial support — Frederik Paulsen
Creator of the text, illustrations and design for the ceramic element on the cover — Tonino Guerra
Translation of the text into Russian — Lora Guerra
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Production of the original paper — Andrei Lurye
Fabric for the cover supplied by the Italian company Pascucci
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Project curator — Alexander Borodin
Participants in the work on this publication:
Financial support — Frederik Paulsen
Creator of the text, illustrations and design for the ceramic element on the cover — Tonino Guerra
Translation of the text into Russian — Lora Guerra
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Production of the original paper — Andrei Lurye
Fabric for the cover supplied by the Italian company Pascucci
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Project curator — Alexander Borodin
The book contains a Russian translation of the poem made by the author’s wife, Lora Guerra. The text was printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press on original hand-laid paper.
For each copy of the publication, Tonino Guerra produced by hand 8 large-format illustrations in a mixed technique and 21 original watercolour and tempera pictures.
Guerra’s brush gives birth to striking visual images where every detail is filled with deep meaning. The maestro takes simple things – rocks, trees, flowers, fruit, fluttering butterflies – and creates the impression of an entire world.
Guerra’s brush gives birth to striking visual images where every detail is filled with deep meaning. The maestro takes simple things – rocks, trees, flowers, fruit, fluttering butterflies – and creates the impression of an entire world.
Inspired by Tonino Guerra’s ceramic and pictures, the publisher Piotr Suspitsyn devised the design for the cover of Honey.
The book is bound in a honey-gold linen fabric produced by the Italian Pascucci factory in the 19th century. The front cover is embellished by a ceramic inset designed by Guerra.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The book is bound in a honey-gold linen fabric produced by the Italian Pascucci factory in the 19th century. The front cover is embellished by a ceramic inset designed by Guerra.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
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Year of publication:2010
-
Number of pages:60
-
Dimensions:580 × 440 mm
-
Paper:original handmade paper
Language:
Russian
Tonino Guerra, the great Italian poet, artist, sculptor and author, wrote the scripts for a large number of films, including And the Ship Sails On and Amarcord directed by Federico Fellini, Red Desert and L'Eclisse (Eclipse) by Michelangelo Antonioni, Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica and Nostalgia
by Andrei Tarkovsky.
In 2004, while visiting the exhibition “Tonino Guerra’s Alphabet” held in the State Hermitage, Piotr Suspitsyn, the founder of the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house, came up with the idea of creating a book with the legendary maestro, and they reached agreement on the project in the spring of 2009. Their unanimous choice fell on one of Guerra’s best works – the poem Honey that tells of two brothers who have met in their native village after long years of separation.
In 2004, while visiting the exhibition “Tonino Guerra’s Alphabet” held in the State Hermitage, Piotr Suspitsyn, the founder of the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house, came up with the idea of creating a book with the legendary maestro, and they reached agreement on the project in the spring of 2009. Their unanimous choice fell on one of Guerra’s best works – the poem Honey that tells of two brothers who have met in their native village after long years of separation.
Work on the first copy of Honey
was completed by 15 March 2010, specially for Tonino Guerra’s 90th birthday. From 19 to 30 May 2010, the book was exhibited in the State Hermitage as part of an exhibition devoted to that notable occasion. Tonino Guerra took part in the opening ceremony together with his wife Lora Guerra.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Financial support — Frederik Paulsen
Creator of the text, illustrations and design for the ceramic element on the cover — Tonino Guerra
Translation of the text into Russian — Lora Guerra
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Production of the original paper — Andrei Lurye
Fabric for the cover supplied by the Italian company Pascucci
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Project curator — Alexander Borodin
Participants in the work on this publication:
Financial support — Frederik Paulsen
Creator of the text, illustrations and design for the ceramic element on the cover — Tonino Guerra
Translation of the text into Russian — Lora Guerra
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Production of the original paper — Andrei Lurye
Fabric for the cover supplied by the Italian company Pascucci
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Project curator — Alexander Borodin
Text
The book contains a Russian translation of the poem made by the author’s wife, Lora Guerra. The text was printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press on original hand-laid paper.
Illustrations
For each copy of the publication, Tonino Guerra produced by hand 8 large-format illustrations in a mixed technique and 21 original watercolour and tempera pictures.
Guerra’s brush gives birth to striking visual images where every detail is filled with deep meaning. The maestro takes simple things – rocks, trees, flowers, fruit, fluttering butterflies – and creates the impression of an entire world.
Guerra’s brush gives birth to striking visual images where every detail is filled with deep meaning. The maestro takes simple things – rocks, trees, flowers, fruit, fluttering butterflies – and creates the impression of an entire world.
Binding
Inspired by Tonino Guerra’s ceramic and pictures, the publisher Piotr Suspitsyn devised the design for the cover of Honey.
The book is bound in a honey-gold linen fabric produced by the Italian Pascucci factory in the 19th century. The front cover is embellished by a ceramic inset designed by Guerra.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The book is bound in a honey-gold linen fabric produced by the Italian Pascucci factory in the 19th century. The front cover is embellished by a ceramic inset designed by Guerra.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Tonino Guerra
HONEY
A poem by one of the legends of world cinema