364. Brieven van Charles Shannon aan Charles Ricketts

Onlangs publiceerde ik, samen met John Aplin, een uitgave van brieven die de Engelse kunstenaar Charles Shannon schreef aan Charles Ricketts.

Hieronder een Engelstalige oproep om dat boekje aan te schaffen. Er zijn er maar zestig gedrukt.

New Publication: Ten Letters from Charles Shannon to Charles Ricketts:

Old Chap, Dear Ridgeley, Old Chump, Dear Old Ruffian, My Dear Ricketts.

Soon after their initial meeting, Charles Shannon (1863-1937) and Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) decided to live together. On the apparently rare occasions when they spent time away independently they maintained communication by letter. Shannon would write when visiting continental museums or enjoying a holiday (and perhaps more) with one of his female models, and also from home when Ricketts in turn travelled abroad to undertake research for an art history monograph, or in the company of a younger male companion.

In his letters, Shannon reports on his visits to parties where artists, authors and collectors meet, on antiques purchased by Ricketts in Paris, on lectures with lantern slides, on the state of the art market, on a multi-day visit to his sisters in Sleaford (larded with childhood memories). The series concludes with the last note to Ricketts dictated to Shannon by his carers - a year after a fall down a flight of stairs left him mentally disabled.

Cover of Charles Shannon,
Old Chap, Dear Ridgeley, Old Chump, Dear Old Ruffian, My Dear Ricketts
(2023)

Charles Shannon, Old Chap, Dear Ridgeley, Old Chump, Dear Old Ruffian, My Dear Ricketts. Ten Letters to Charles Ricketts.

Edited by John Aplin and Paul van Capelleveen

The Hague, At the Paulton, December 2023

40 pages, 3 illustrations, 20 x 13 cm

Designed by Huug Schipper (Studio Tint)

Set in Proforma Medium

Printed on Biotop 115 g. by Mostert & Van Onderen, Leiden

Edition limited to sixty numbered copies

 

Price including packaging and shipping:

European Union: €30.

United Kingdom: €35.

USA and Canada: €40.

 

You can express your interest by sending an email to Paul van Capelleveen [paulton[at]xs4all.[dot]nl