Antonia Reeve - Unoriginal Sins

INSCRIPTION. 1994.

paul robertson — Sun, 20 Nov 1994 10:11:44 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1994

13.0 x 15.4cm, 4pp. A tipped on colour photograph by Antonia Reeve of a Finlay wall sculpture by John Andrew. The marble inscription reads: "For the first time men earnestly relied upon heaven chronology became historical and astronomical at the same time." a quote by Michelet and an explanatory note by Finlay noting how the Republican calendar "ended" time. VG+.

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STREIFLICHTER. 1994.

paul robertson — Fri, 06 May 1994 12:04:05 +0000

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CASCADE. 1993.

paul robertson — Sat, 18 Sep 1993 09:43:47 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993

11.4 x 8.9cm, 4pp card with a photograph variation by Antonia Reeve of the Upper Pool in Little Sparta printed black on green along with a poem:

Cascade

The one

water

sings its

separate

small

pop-songs

as it

falls

A cascade has a double meaning - falling as the water does here - and in music - a descending melody. Finlay finds both appealing. This is apparently a variation of a Louis Zukofsky poem. VG+.

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LOAVES. 1987.

paul robertson — Tue, 06 Jan 1987 22:13:06 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1987

7.1 x 10.5cm, 8pp and card covers along with printed brown dust jacket. The artist's book has a visual poem:

cottage

loaves

loaf
cottages

and there is a drawing by Howard Eaglestone and a photo-montage by Antonia Reeve.
The texts by reversing the words create first an image of squat country houses (brown and russet red as when painted by Paul Cezzane) and then a loaf with the shape of a solid loaf. The illustrations reflect those two poetic images. VG+.

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LE SILENCE ETERNEL DE CHECKPOINT SANDY. 1986.

paul robertson — Mon, 20 Oct 1986 21:57:48 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1987

17.4 x 18.3m, 1pp Artist's card with a b/w photograph by Antonia Reeve of the road up to Little Sparta and the first gate encountered after reaching the sheep field. . Finlay writes underneath "Little Sparta's Eastern Frontier at the time of The First Battle of Little Sparta february 4 1983. The old gate marks the site of the barrier, which has since been removed." Checkpoint Charlie was the nickname for the best known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the cold war. VG+.

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