The Lost Colours of the Cyclades by John Sutcliffe – OLD SCHOOL PRESS 2016

The Lost Colours of the Cyclades, A New Study of Colour in the Greek Islands by John Sutcliffe – OLD SCHOOL PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2016

A PICTORIAL REVIEW

No. 89 of 135 copies
Signed by the author.
Quotation from Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Case-bound book presented within a sleeve.
Portfolio of twenty large, individually hand-painted cards illustrating the representative colours
A swatch card with colour chips.
Within the book there is coverage of each of the colours accompanied by further tipped-in hand-painted chips.
Colour paints have been specially mixed to match field records.
Bound in blue and white striped silk-screened cloth.
Sleeve bound in blue cloth with a spine label.
Portfolio formed from heavy mid-grey paper.
Printed letterpress in 14pt Monotype Perpetua, with headings in digital Steinantik.
Six linocuts scattered through the text.
Text paper is 140gsm Madrid Litho from the Somerset mill.
Grey/brown endpapers.
32.3x23.4cm.
54 pages
£185

















































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>1 wcarter: A very fine volume. I assume/hope you also have it’s predecessor ’The Colours of Rome’?

>2 ChestnutPress:
Not currently owned but on my (very long) wishlist.

Got the number 92, and it is an amazing piece of book!

>1 wcarter: An unfair question perhaps, but how did you find the text? Interesting? Informative? I haven’t got a copy of this, as I couldn’t quite work out what the book was, but am persuadable if you think it is worthwhile

I was tempted to get this for a house painting project (no irony here). The combinations are striking.

>5 DMulvee:
The text goes into intricate detail about colour and its use now, and in the past, on these Greek islands.