Dorothy Iannone and Mary Harding, Speaking to Each Other

Berlin/Boston/Rensselaer Falls/Flayosc/Zurich, The Mary Dorothy Verlag (The Passion Press), 1977. Clothbound fold out book, 22 x 22 x 4 cm, with covers illustrated by Iannone, printed black on orange cloth. Features 65 pages of facsimile handwritten text by Harding and Iannone in English and German, and 2 affixed audio cassettes. This copy is signed by both Dorothy Iannone and Mary Harding, and numbered 63/200. In mint condition.

Rare artists' book with reproductions of love letters, song lyrics and poems. The audio tapes present both women reading out loud, each on their own tape, with 30 minutes in English on one side, and 30 minutes in German on the other side. This lot includes a SD card/MP3 file with the digitized audio material, for a safe and enjoyable listening experience. The full title of the joint project is 'Speaking to you, Dorothy Mary Harding. Speaking to you, Mary Dorothy Iannone. Speaking to each other on the occasion of our birthday, August 9, 1977'.