Close Looking: The Shadow of the Year with poems by Florence Wyle and wood engravings by Rosemary Kilbourn
Detail image from an invitation accompanying Library copy no. IV of X specially bound for the Sisler Gallery, The shadow of the year / poems by Florence Wyle ; wood engravings by Rosemary Kilbourn. Toronto : Aliquando Press, [1976]. Purchase funds generously donated by the Janet E. Hutchison Foundation (2022)
Close Looking: The Shadow of the Year with poems by Florence Wyle and wood engravings by Rosemary Kilbourn
Close looking is an online monthly series that invites people to spend time with artworks from the AGO Collection - observing their details, discussing their creation, history and the artist’s intention through multiple senses and perspectives.
Join Erin Rutherford, Collection Development Librarian, as she discusses The Shadow of the Year (1976) with poems by Florence Wyle and wood engravings by Rosemary Kilbourn from the Collection of the E. P. Taylor Library and Archives. This short talk will explain why the Library holds multiple copies of the title, compare them, and highlight their differences. Which private press published the book? At which Toronto gallery did the book launch? Does an envelope tucked into one copy reveal a connection to a third Canadian artist? Celebrate the coming of Spring through a study of beautiful books and a reading of Wyle’s calming words.
