52 unbound leaves. With 24 lithographs by Robert Graham. Housed in custom clamshell box with a recessed bronze bas-relief by Graham. 38x28.3 cm (15x11"). First Edition. No. 27 of an edition limited to 50 copies.
Signed by Michael McClure at the end of the poem. Each lithograph signed and numbered by the artist. Beat Generation poet Michael McClure wrote this long expressionistic poem in response to sculptor Robert Graham’s studies of female nudes. The drawings were made into a suite of lithographs, a substantial body of graphic work by this important artist. Michael McClure died in May, 2020.