{"product_id":"ben-shahn-love-and-joy-about-letters-1963-1st-edition-grossman-publishers-copy","title":"Ben Shahn, Love and Joy About Letters, 1963 1st Edition, Grossman Publishers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBen Shahn, Love and Joy About Letters, 1963 1st Edition, Grossman Publishers. Love and Joy About Letters is a testament to Ben Shahn’s love affair with letters: the beauty of the letter forms, the liberating influence hand-lettering, and how the incorporation of letters added meaning to his art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book features many examples of Shahn’s deployment of letters as an expressive device. From the book: \"I discovered the Roman alphabet in all its elegance and its austere dignity, and I fell in love all over again with letters… Letters are quantities, and spaces are quantities, and only the eye and the hand can measure them. As in the ear and the sensibilities of the poet sounds and syllables and pauses are quantities, so in both cases are the balancing and forward movement of these quantities only a matter of skill and feeling and art.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn very good vintage condition. Slipcover shows signs of wear; including scuffs, loss of surface color and discoloration, see photos. Book is in excellent condition, no signs of wear to hardcover, no creases, marks or folds to the pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlace of Origin: Printed in New York, 1st Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeriod: 1963\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeasurements: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-height\" class=\"_fe6d36b6 _cb16180a\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_57a9be25\"\u003eHeight: 0.875 in (2.23 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-width\" class=\"_fe6d36b6 _cb16180a\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_57a9be25\"\u003eWidth: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-depth\" class=\"_fe6d36b6\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_57a9be25\"\u003eDepth: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROUSSEAU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48912592470199,"sku":"BOOK-BENSHAHN","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/6015\/3271\/files\/Ben-Shahn-Love-and-Joy-About-Letters.jpg?v=1737069345","url":"https:\/\/www.rousseaunyc.com\/products\/ben-shahn-love-and-joy-about-letters-1963-1st-edition-grossman-publishers-copy","provider":"ROUSSEAU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}