Anthony Quinn's Eye: Deluxe Limited Edition Book

Unique and strikingly elegant, this limited edition provides collectors the rare opportunity to explore the remarkably creative life of Anthony Quinn. Designed, printed, and bound with exceptional quality, the edition includes an unpublished self-portrait print by Quinn-suitable for framing-as well as the deluxe edition of Anthony Quinn’s Eye. The distinctive cloth-covered clamshell case that contains both book and print is inlaid with a medallion struck from one of Quinn's own dies.

ln the sumptuous pages of Anthony Quinn’s Eye, “One encounters the world of one of the most interesting men of our time, an actor and artist who never ceased to create compelling work on whatever canvas he chose.'' So poet and novelist Jay Parini introduces this lyrical collection of over 220 beautifully reproduced photographs.

As an artist, Quinn was versatile, deft, and prolific-tirelessly sketching, painting, and sculpting to give form to an insistent inner vision. The self-portrait, a numbered and authenticated print pulled from a relief carved by Quinn, captures the essence of this vision.

In an essay from the book, Donald Kuspit notes that Quinn's artistic drive is preserved not only in his own works, but in his vast collection of art, artifacts, and objects.  “He was clearly a connoisseur," writes Kuspit.  The acting talent that earned Quinn a place in the "cultural firmament" is celebrated by Tom Roberts. Anecdotes by Katherine Quinn and a contribution by longtime friend Kirk Douglas add a personal dimension.

Quinn's abiding vision, reflecting his sophisticated and inventive visual sense, is reproduced in this superb edition, limited to 700 copies. It is a rare chance to see the world by the light of his expansive imagination.

The Authors

Donald Kuspit is a professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a contributing editor at Artforum, Sculpture and Tema Celeste.

Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont.

Tom Roberts is the author of several children’s books and historical documentaries for television. He teaches cultural history at Rhode Island School of Design.

Malcolm Grear Designers, internationally recognized for their communications graphics as well as their pioneering work in typography, designed Anthony Quinn’s Eye.

Meridian Printing is dedicated to the art of high-quality printing and reproduction of fine art and photography.

Deluxe Limited Edition

700 Copies

Clothbound book with inset duotone on cover: 11 x 14 inches.

228 pages with ribbon marker, 156 color and 65 duotone reproductions.

Numbered and Signed by Katherine Quinn.

Relief print, 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches image on 14 x 11 sheet,

matted, numbered and authenticated.

Cloth-covered clamshell case with inset medallion