Stuck in my head from last night with Michael V.
May 30, 2011
Lolita Book Covers
1957 DK Hans Reitzel, Copenhagen
1958 NL Oisterwijk, The Hague
1959 BRD Rowohlt, Hamburg
1962 BRA Boa Leitura, Sao Paulo
1964 US LP Spoken Arts, New York
1965 SV Aldus-Bonnier (Delfinbok), Stockholm
1969 GB Transworld (Corgi), London
1973 UK Transworld (Corgi Books), London
1994 BRA Companhia das Letras, São Paulo
1995 FR Gallimard (folio), Paris
2005 CHI Yiwen Press, Shanghai
2005 FR Gallimard (folio), Paris
2006 GB Penguin (Red Classics), London
May 23, 2011
Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen
A Beardsley derivations in the form of some illustrations by Hans Henning Voigt (1887–1969), better known as Alastair. An artist who more than anyone carried the Beardsley style and the fin de siècle ethos into the 20th century.
These illustrations here are a selection of the twelve pieces for a 1920 edition of Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen, the novel upon which Bizet based his opera.
(Click on images to enlarge)
These illustrations here are a selection of the twelve pieces for a 1920 edition of Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen, the novel upon which Bizet based his opera.
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