{"id":5344,"date":"2015-01-08T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:50:26","slug":"mustachioed-villan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2015\/01\/08\/mustachioed-villan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustachioed villan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hcl.harvard.edu\/libraries\/houghton\/collections\/modern\/santo_domingo.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5347\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0001-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"KIC_Image_0001\" width=\"248\" height=\"340\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0001-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0001-749x1024.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>Or perhaps a giant winged insect? \u00a0As always the truth lies in the interpretation of the viewer. \u00a0Bruce Connor was a renowned American artist who worked in a variety of media including\u00a0film, collage, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and the inkblot images seen here. \u00a0Michael McClure is an American poet, novelist, and playwright who was\u00a0a key member of the Beat Generation. \u00a0This beautiful volume which combines the inkblot style illustrations of Conner with McClure&#8217;s text was printed in letterpress and is considered to be an important piece of San Francisco bookmaking. \u00a0Signed by both men this copy\u00a0is number 33 and is accompanied by an\u00a0original ink drawing by Conner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5349\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0003-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"KIC_Image_0003\" width=\"373\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the young age of 22 Michael McClure gave his first poetry reading at the famous Six Gallery event in San Francisco where Allen Ginsberg first read <em>Howl<\/em>. \u00a0He is considered to be an important member of the 1960s Hippie counterculture. \u00a0McClure is often said to have been a role model for Jim Morrison and encouraged him to explore his poetry. He also wrote the song &#8220;<em style=\"color: #222222\">Mercedes Benz&#8221; <\/em>which Janis Joplin famously sang. \u00a0Houghton has some of McClure&#8217;s poetry typescripts and proofs like <em>Jaguar Skies<\/em> and <em>Rebel Lions<\/em> in the\u00a0New Directions collection\u00a0entitled\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nrs.harvard.edu\/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00069\" target=\"_blank\">Manuscripts and Proofs of New Directions Books, 1937-1997<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5348\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0002-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"KIC_Image_0002\" width=\"252\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0002-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/12\/KIC_Image_0002.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #32322f\">The adventures of a novel in four chapters \/\u00a0<span class=\"EXLDetailsDisplayVal\">by Michael McClure ; illustrated by Bruce Conner.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"EXLDetailsDisplayVal\">[California?] : Hine Editions, [1991?] (San Francisco : Limestone Press).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/id.lib.harvard.edu\/aleph\/014248768\/catalog%20\" target=\"_blank\">PS3563.A262 A38 1991<\/a>\u00a0can be found in Houghton Library. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager and Ryan Wheeler, Rare Books\u00a0Cataloger, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. 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