BALKA, MIROSLAW. Entering Paradise.
BALKA, MIROSLAW. Entering Paradise. 14 soft and hard ground etchings on Gampi and Rives de Lin papers. Folio, (15¾ x 15 inches; 400 x 380 mm, sheets), publisher's cream parchment covered boards lettered in yellow by Klaus-Ulrch S. Rötzscher; matching slipcase. Typography and letterpress by Les Ferris. Number 4 of only 20 copies, signed by Balka (in addition to three sets of artist's proofs) in pencil on the justification. Balka paid homeless persons on the streets of California to allow him to print their feet and toes on a copper plate to make his impressions. Fine.-Santa Monica, CA: Edition Jacob Samuel, 2003
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BALKA, MIROSLAW. Entering Paradise. 14 soft and hard ground etchings on Gampi and Rives de Lin papers. Folio, (15¾ x 15 inches; 400 x 380 mm, sheets), publisher's cream parchment covered boards lettered in yellow by Klaus-Ulrch S. Rötzscher; matching slipcase. Typography and letterpress by Les Ferris. Number 4 of only 20 copies, signed by Balka (in addition to three sets of artist's proofs) in pencil on the justification. Balka paid homeless persons on the streets of California to allow him to print their feet and toes on a copper plate to make his impressions. Fine.-Santa Monica, CA: Edition Jacob Samuel, 2003