Artist's proof aquatint by Francisco de Goya
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Disasters of War
by Leighton Rollins Afterword by the Rt. Rev. Daniel Corrigan illustrations by Francisco de Goya First edition 1981 55 pages. 9" x 5¾" ISBN 0-932274-15-3 $8.95 This powerful anti-war drama is constructed around twelve aquatints from Francisco Goya's Los Desastres de la Guerra. The aquatints are reproduced from the artist's proof.
From the Book Desolate, disillusioned, lost, The war ended and the road obscured. No leader with hand upheld Bends low to move The festering body of his death. Lost, we turn upon ourselves And march around the stricken mulberry bush. About the Book Leighton Rollins' poetry is as appropriate today as it was in the days of the Munich betrayal. — Kenneth Rexroth The Goya etchings themselves, although reduced in size, are the sharpest and clearest that this reviewer has seen. Rollins' text is eloquent in its very simplicity and sincerity. — Kenneth Brown SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS |