Penumbra
Freeport and Portland, ME: Rebecca Goodale and Carrie Scanga, 2025. Original Wrappers. Fine binding. Item #10462
Accordion. 8" x 5," closed. [16] pp., illus. Limited edition, numbered 5 of 9 variants. Signed by Goodale and Scanga at the colophon. An innovative structure, this accordion book made up of intaglio prints with hand-coloring in silver ink is sewn into the illustrated wrappers in two places. Variants numbered 1-5 comprise the deluxe edition in full cloth, lidded box with striking print recessed into the lid. Copies 6-9 are without box—inquire for pricing. Intaglio-printed prospectus with hand-coloring is laid in.
A beautiful and moody collaboration between Goodale and Scanga; their fourth. This book is a product of their individual memories of and reflections upon the solar eclipse in April 2024, Goodale watching from the beach in Maine and Scanga from the woods. These sixteen interlocking pages expand from a paper cover bringing the reader into a surreal garden of dwindling light. Not attempting to be a strict representation of their experiences witnessing the totality, it is instead a wonderful blend of memory and fantasy relaying the remembered emotion. A striking scene in blues and shadows accented in silver ink applied by hand. While the edition was printed from the same plates, the hand-coloring and even the variation in color and saturation from copy to copy mean no two are exactly alike. The structure of the binding and the manner in which these leaves connect offer a more complicated experience than a typical accordion book, with some pages interlocking mid-leaf there is something always just out of view contributing to the mystery and wonder.
Price: $1,500.00