Stephen Levine and Felipe Ehrenberg, Lovebeast and other Incarnations, Unity Press, Sausalito, 1968, ed. 2000

front cover

This is a really fascinating collaboration between the writer Stephen Levine (1937-2016) and the Mexican artist Felipe Ehrenberg (1943-2017) in which they've woven Levine's literary works with Ehrenberg's drawings and prints into a seamless whole.

One key part of this collaboration is the 4 page double-sided accordion fold-out featuring one long visual work by Ehrenberg on one side and assorted poems by Levine on the back. Ehrenberg's work depicts a male figure in some kind of liberatory dance, while his visual works throughout the book depict a variety of different subject matter.

For another accordion work by Ehrenberg see link to one on this blog: accordion publications: Felipe Ehrenberg, Codex Aeroscriptus Ehrenbergensis, [2 versions] Nexus Press, Atlanta, 1990, ed. 40 & 500

4 double-sided pages, individually 7.75" x 5" (variable), and when unfolded 1ft 2.5"

reverse side