Framed Stark Naked: Rare Broadside, One of 33 Copies

This is a rare broadside – I’ve never seen another copy.

According to Abel Debritto, author of the landmark book A Catalog of Ordinary Madness, it was published in England in July 2000 by Kirk Lake.

According to Debritto:

“In the early 1990s, Bukowski sent several poems to Lake, who published them in his little magazine Twister, except for “Framed Stark Dead,” which was printed later as a broadside.

Debritto interviewed Lake, who told him:

“Mark [Scammell] did it as a letterpress project for his MA at the Royal College of Art. We only did 33 initialed/no’d copies, mostly handed out as gifts.”

I do not see an initial or number on this copy.

The broadside measures approximately “11.5” x 14.75”.  As Lake stated, it was designed by Scammell and is a printed letterpress hand-screened in black and grey. The paper is relatively thin, leading to some wrinkles/creases along the top and bottom edge.

I’d rate it Very Good ++.

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