Francesco Laurana: Four Portrait Busts (Gehenna Press)

Four Portrait Busts by Francesco Laurana

Clarence Kennedy, photographer
Ruth Wedgwood Kennedy, introduction

Gehenna Press 1962

Limited edition hardcover. Very good. Dark sage paper over gilt-letter vellum. Sunned near spine, damp splotch on cover, spine chipped near head. Interior pristine. No dustjacket. 500 copies were printed, of which this is #196. The first volume of the Gehenna Essays in Art focuses on four stunning busts of women by Laurana, Medieval sculptor in the Italian style. The book itself is a splendid work by the Gehenna Press, with gravure plates pressed onto handmade Italian paper.