Arthur Fournier
@arthurfournier.bsky.social
Broker of manuscripts & archives, ABAA/ILAB dealer of rare books. Active in BSA, RBMS, ARLIS communities. Qualified appraiser. Literature, the arts, social-political movements, underground / DIY press, pop culture + https://linktr.ee/arthurfournier
It’s the last afternoon of Tropic Bound, a fantastic biennial meeting of book artists, collectors, librarians, and booksellers in Miami, Florida. Here are some pictures of Latin American books that I brought to show at the fair. Complete details available here: www.arthurfournier.com/catalog.pdf
![[Cartoneras] Pizarro, Agueda (poems) ; Omar Rayo (book design). A collection of four (4) cartoneras by Agueda Pizarro. Roldanillo, Valle, Colombia: Ediciones EmbalajeMuseo Rayo, 1985-1995. Limited editions. Four titles in the celebrated series of the Fundación Museo Rayo / Museo De Dibujo y Grabado Latinoamericano. Chiefly poetry, illustrations. Square 8vo. Very good. String tied cardboard featuring striking typographic covers in silkscreens. [1848]An excellent little collection of cartoneras by New York-born poet Agueda Pizarro, made in collaboration with her husband, the renowned Colombian visual artist Omar Rayo at their workshop in Roldanillo. Titles include: 1. Ver Verdes. n.d. [ca. 1985] ; 2. Anulaluna : Poemas. 1989 ; 3. Requiem Para Jaime Rayo, 1992 ; and 4. Isla Silaba. 1995. Printed in hand numbered editions of 300 copies each.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usitejvmyqjoof4udwq52fm6/bafkreia44clw52fxb2cjip4fgemyc7bgucezqrzdvtt4cf42k5v7m56m3a@jpeg)
![Poetry] Guillén, Nicolas. Prologue by Juan Marinello, illus. by José Chávez Morado.
Cantos para soldados y sones para turistas. Mexico City: Masas, 1937. First Edition.
84 [4] pp. book of poems in Spanish, illus. with woodcuts by José Chávez Morado. 8vo.
Very good. Illus. stiff wraps, age toned, rubbed at extremities, spine with author / title neatly inscribed. [1754] $375 One of the best-known works of Nicolás Guillén, a
renowned Afro-Cuban poet who collaborated with Langston Hughes and was outspoken antifascist. José Chávez Morado's bold hand-printed design for the work's cover depicts a field of stars and bolts of lightning. An essential title for collections of Caribbean
literature.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usitejvmyqjoof4udwq52fm6/bafkreihchvoyiywt3kjv5hzr2k7nx3cnboir62tf5o6rdzdvj4hdf7iwom@jpeg)
![[Poetry - MLK] Ramos, Raymundo (text) ; Francisco Mora (prints). Martin Luther King
[cover title]. Mexico City: Talleres de la "Impresora Saber, 1963. First Edition, no. 10 of 350 copies. 6 pages, poem in Spanish, illustrated. 8vo. Signed by the author and
dedicated to Fausto Vega. Very good ; old glue inside cover flaps. Illus. stiff wraps.
[1840] $250 Printed on July 9, 1963, prior to King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Scarce.
We can locate only three copies in the United States.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usitejvmyqjoof4udwq52fm6/bafkreic4fnfjhsnhdui3owji2z7qerfif3xgtxtvmdkhwjruq3fj6hx66e@jpeg)
![[Poetry] Guillén, Nicolas. Prologue by Juan Marinello, illus. by José Chávez Morado. Cantos para soldados y sones para turistas. Mexico City: Masas, 1937. First Edition. 84 [4] pp. book of poems in Spanish, illus. with woodcuts by José Chávez Morado. 8vo. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps, age toned, rubbed at extremities, spine with author / title, neatly inscribed. [1754] $375 One of the best-known works of Nicolás Guillén, a renowned Afro-Cuban poet who collaborated with Langston Hughes and was outspoken antifascist. José Chávez Morado's bold hand-printed design for the work's cover depicts a field of stars and bolts of lightning. An essential title for collections of Caribbean
literature.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usitejvmyqjoof4udwq52fm6/bafkreiab3wic6nh7aponctlrqt4gdlhgftmzujqrwvyfykquvmz6tlx34u@jpeg)
February 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s the last afternoon of Tropic Bound, a fantastic biennial meeting of book artists, collectors, librarians, and booksellers in Miami, Florida. Here are some pictures of Latin American books that I brought to show at the fair. Complete details available here: www.arthurfournier.com/catalog.pdf
The Black Zine Fair is happening on Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 11am-6pm at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. Support, promote, attend!
February 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Black Zine Fair is happening on Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 11am-6pm at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. Support, promote, attend!
I’ll be in Miami for Tropic Bound, 6-9 February. It’s an amazing new event aimed at the Global South, drawing elements of Codex and the Printed Matter Art Book Fairs.
Tropic Bound International Biennial Artists' Book Fair Returns to Miami
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Tropic Bound International Biennial Artists' Book Fair Returns to Miami
The Miami Design District will again host the Tropic Bound: International Biennial Artists' Book Fair next week following its succesful debut in 2023.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’ll be in Miami for Tropic Bound, 6-9 February. It’s an amazing new event aimed at the Global South, drawing elements of Codex and the Printed Matter Art Book Fairs.
The cover of this booklet features such an arresting illustration. Does anyone know the name of the artist?
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The cover of this booklet features such an arresting illustration. Does anyone know the name of the artist?
I’ve been working on a tantalizing discovery re: the history of the German revolutions of 1848-1849. This is a handmade book, illustrated and compiled by "W.K.," whom I’ve identified as the German painter Wilhelm Kleinenbroich (1812-1895), one of the leaders of the Cologne uprising of 1848
![[Wilhelm Kleinenbroich] W.K., Alfred Rethel, Adolf Menzel, et al.
Blätter aus bewegter Zeit. Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit. Originalzeichnungen und Skizzen gesammelt von einem Cölner Maler zur Erinnerung an die Revolutionsjahre 1848/1849
[cover title] "Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit. Aus bewegter Zeit. 25 Original Blätter zur Erinnerung an die Revolutionsjahre 1848 ü 1849. Gesammelt von einem zeit genüglichen Cölner Maler"
Cologne, Germany. n.d.
Unique handmade book. [3], 24 unnumbered leaves of plates, [2] : chiefly illustrated with original watercolors and sketches by various artists and manuscript captions in black ink. 24 x 31 cm. Good overall. Most illustrations protected with tissue guards. Paper covered boards and spine, decorated with drawings on front and back covers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usitejvmyqjoof4udwq52fm6/bafkreie3looyjaxrev3ykxwwh4uptfojvyi3otvmtuvmhaulrxpp744io4@jpeg)
January 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’ve been working on a tantalizing discovery re: the history of the German revolutions of 1848-1849. This is a handmade book, illustrated and compiled by "W.K.," whom I’ve identified as the German painter Wilhelm Kleinenbroich (1812-1895), one of the leaders of the Cologne uprising of 1848
Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present (10x10) is the brilliant new bibliography of revolutionary social change and protest movements as documented in books, ephemera and fanzines made by photographers. Editor Russet Lederman asked me to write the introduction. Now available!
January 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present (10x10) is the brilliant new bibliography of revolutionary social change and protest movements as documented in books, ephemera and fanzines made by photographers. Editor Russet Lederman asked me to write the introduction. Now available!