Cox, Morris.

Graphic Yardarm.

Gogmagog Press 1984 Folio. (52) leaves. Unique copy inscribed to Colin Franklin and containing 58 illustrations by Morris Cox, many of which are original and date from his beginnings as an art student in 1922. Only six copies were duplicated from this original, which is the eighth title in the Photocopy series. In 1983, Cox abandoned hand-printing, after which a series known as the Gogmagog Photocopy Library emerged. In the preface, Cox writes, " My yard-stick is my yard-arm./ The evolution of this work was never/consciously planned.../Here we have a number of graphic survivals which have by chance remained in my possession..." He goes on to explain how in art school, he learned that a drawing could be a satisfying thing in itself, but it was "not until comparatively recent years that I have given attention to this and used drawings other than as a preliminary to prints and paintings." The contents within fall under seven categories: academic models following the tradition of the Italian Renaissance; subjective/objective drawings inspired by Japanese prints and Egyptian hieroglyphs; brush drawings evoking primitive cave painting, Japanese sumi-e, and Cézanne; linear drawings of purely subjective and imaginative matter; drawings as gestures of continuous line, learned from Victorian and Edwardian graphic games; continuous line drawings without regard for light and shade; and subjective drawings with an emphasis on total spontaneity. Graphic Yardarm spans the history of Morris Cox's artistic and creative development, capturing his various inspirations. This is considered a major work, visually his masterpiece among the Photocopy books. Bound in a heavy gauge speckled wool cloth, leather label with gilt titling on spine. Fine. Laid in are the Commemoration catalog from the Victoria & Albert museum, Cox's obituary, and correspondence from Franklin announcing Cox's death in which he says Cox "was the Blake in my life". (see Chambers 165).

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