Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Miyelo [INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND WITH ORIGINAL PRINT TITLED, NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR]

Mortensen, Viggo

Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2003. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. [6], 59, [1]pp. Original full cloth with brick lettering on spine and front cover. Half-title inscribed and signed by the author to Rita P. "Thank you (FUCKING HELL) Rita P." On September 11, 2003, Viggo Mortensen held a private opening at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles for his new Miyelo Exhibit. As part of that opening there was a special offering of his new Miyelo book, hardbound, signed, and numbered by Viggo himself. Accompanying this book was a 9 x 16 extraordinary print of Miyelo 4 (2003), also signed and numbered by Viggo himself. Only 150 of these signed and numbered sets were offered and they are now a coveted collector’s treasure. This book is one of the 150 copies (No. 150), inscribed, signed, and containing the original print. "Miyelo is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance, taken from a single roll of film in March of 2003. The images record a re-creation of the dance that was originally performed by members of Chief Big Foot's band on December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The intent was to capture the event as a delirious remembrance, an ephemeral dream. Accompanying these and other related images is extensive literary and historical documentation of the period during which the Ghost Dance originated, leading up to and beyond the tragic massacre at Wounded Knee. With selected first-hand accounts of the event, as well as modern-day commentary and a comprehensive bibliography, Miyelo gives the reader an overview that otherwise might only be gained from examining a myriad of sources" (From the publishers). Binding, original print, interior in like new condition. Very good to fine. Item #37310

Price: $950.00