"The search for poetic modernity was a Quest, in the allegorical and chivalric sense this word had in the 12th Century. I did not find any Grail although I did cross several waste lands visiting castles of mirrors and camping among ghostly tribes." 

-Octavio Paz, from his 1990 Nobel Prize acceptance speech

"Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask."

-Robert Motherwell

(MOTHERWELL, Robert.) PAZ, Octavio. Three Poems.  NY: Limited Editions Club, 1987- 88. Large folio (23x19.5 inches), bound in original full linen and encased in matching linen clamshell box. Bilingual text printed in red (Spanish) and (blue) English. Fine condition. $4200.

First edition, one of only 750 copies, signed by Paz and initialed by Motherwell, with 27 original lithographs by Motherwell. A famous collaboration between Nobel-Prize winner Paz and the abstract expressionist Motherwell, two of the most influential figures in modern aesthetics. The 27 original Motherwell lithographs vary in size from 8 to 14 x 20 inches, with each printed on handmade Japanese paper of various colors and hand-mounted upon the mould-made Italian paper of the text. A beautiful copy of one of the most important of the Limited Editions Club's recent productions.

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