Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

King, Ronald, 1932-

Title:

Canga : ten hand-coloured etchings / by Ronald King ; with an introduction by José Neistein.

Published / Created:

Guildford [England] : Circle Press, 1976.

Physical Description:

[10] prints : etching ; 40 x 29 cm. + 3 folded sheets ([4], 8 p.)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 33
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Articles & Chapters

Notes:

Etchings printed at Print Workshop, London; accompanying 3 bifolia of letterpress (title page, introduction, and other preliminaries) printed in brown by Walter Taylor and the artist at Circle Press.

"Volume 1." Projected as the first of a series of 3 portfolios. No more published (?).

Issued unbound, in a beige paper portfolio.

A limited edition of 25 copies. Each print is hand-colored, signed and titled by the artist.

Cooking the books : Ron King and Circle Press, p. 170

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 2 of 25.

First of 3 intended volumes, each with 10 hand-colored etchings by Ronald King, on the theme of a band of Brazilian cangaceiros of the '20s and '30s led by the notorious Lampião.

Subject Terms:

Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Outlaws -- Brazil, Northeast. | Outlaws in art. | Circle Press -- Publisher. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1976.

Form/Genre:

Artists' books -- Great Britain.

Contributors:

Neistein, José. | Circle Press, publisher.