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The Golden Rose, 10 photopolymer prints relief-printed and hand-coloured, on Velin Arches 300gsm paper, 10 pages of text photocopied onto glassine overlays, booklet, folio in purple buckram with gold text.

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The Golden Rose, relief photopolymer prints, booklet of 12 pages (essay by Penelope Curtin).

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The Golden Rose, page 1 essay glassine overlay and page 2 The Golden Rose relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 3 glassine overlay text and page 4 The Symbolic Rose relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 5 glassine overlay text and page 6 A Moment of Clarity relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 7 glassine overlay text and page 8 Embarkation relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 9 glassine overlay text and page 10 Solitude relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 11 glassine overlay text and page 12 Wasteland relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 13 glassine overlay text and page 14 Rose of Illumination relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 15 glassine overlay text and page 16 Ash Wednesday relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 17 glassine overlay text and page 18 Roses through Time relief print.

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The Golden Rose, page 19 glassine overlay text and page 20 Cloth of Gold relief print.

Dianne Longley - Title of Book: The Golden Rose
Medium: 20 pages, 10 photopolymer prints relief-printed and hand-coloured, on Velin Arches 300gsm paper, 10 pages of text photocopied onto glassine overlays, booklet of 12 pages, folio in purple buckram with gold text.
Size: folio slipcase 54.5 x 40 x 2cm, prints 53.5 x 39.3cm
Edition of 16: signed and numbered, 1995
Brief Description: The Golden Rose folio was the first to use photopolymer plates. Utilising digital files, the complex though subtle images illuminate stages of life through the language of flowers. From the 'Dog Rose', to the 'Peace Rose', traditional symbolism is combined with personal symbolism to produce surreal, almost religious images. The folio is evocative of the discipline and silence found in medieval books of hours.