This essay about the Charles' aproach to etching was originally written as the introduction to a retrospective of etchings he created over the past two decades. That book, titled Twenty-One Years, Twenty-One Prints, is being issued privately (spring 2007) by the artist, in an edition of just 13 copies (priced in the mid-four figures). Impressed by the essay's insight to his work and art, HM proposed over-printing it and issuing it as a companion volume. The essay features five tipped-in prints of Charles' earliest etchings, plus a new etching created just for The Simple Line. The title page features a new drawing (see opposite) pochoir colored by the artist. The text was set in 18-point Centaur and printed in two colors on Arches paper. The essay (9 x 13 inches, 10 pp, sewn folios issued in a cloth case binding by Claudia Cohen, with printed spine label) is being issued jointly by Heavenly Monkey and CVS Fine Arts, limited to 50 copies signed by the artist. Numbers 1-25 are issued through HM, and cased in natural linen; numbers 26-50 are issued by the artist, and cased in a dark buckram. The HM copies were fully subscribed before issue; check with our regular dealers listed under Friends for availability.

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