Walt Whitman & Paul Cava, Children of Adam
Poems by Walt Whitman / Artwork by Paul Cava
Essays by John Wood, Arden Kass and Alexander Scholz
Design: die Typonauten, Bremen, Germany
Published by edition Minotarus, Galerie Vevais, Germany, 2005
Limited hard cover edition of 300 signed copies:
176 pages, 4 color with 2 additional decorative colors,
printed on PhoeniXmotion paper, 11x12 inches,
full linen with mounted reproductions on front and back,
smythsewn with gatefolds and bookmark.
ISBN 3-936165-36-X $225.00 + shipping
Limited soft cover edition of 700 copies:
176 pages, 4 color with 2 additional decorative colors, double gatefold
cover with flaps, printed on PhoeniXmotion paper, 11x12 inches.
ISBN 3-936165-44-X $89.00 + shipping
Edition Galerie Vevais is pleased to present an illustrated edition of the ‘Children of Adam’ cycle of poems from the American literary masterpiece "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. ‘Children of Adam’ is the legendary group of poems that caused the book to be banned in Boston at its publication in 1882. Whitman’s theme was the male and female body, entirely naked in every sense – and he steadfastly resisted any suggestion of censorship.
This boldly illustrated new edition of the poems brings together two natives of Brooklyn, New York: Walt Whitman, the beloved American poet who continues to inspire readers worldwide, and the contemporary artist Paul Cava, born more than a century later in 1949. John Wood, Arden Kass and Alexander Scholz contribute original and informative essays; technical and scholarly guidance are supplied by noted Whitman scholars Prof. Ed Folsom and Prof. Walter Grünzweig.