Original artwork by Joe Kuth for the City of Anastasia, based on Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
Ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Roughly 8" X 11".
Created for the Seeing Calvino project I share with Ohio artists Matt Kish and Leighton Connor. See the rest of the Invisible Cities and Cosmicomics series at seeingcalvino.tumblr.com/archive
Original artwork will differ slightly from the version that appears online, I usually clean them up in photoshop a bit.
“At the end of three days, moving southward, you come upon Anastasia, a city with concentric canals watering it and kites flying over it.
Such is the power, sometimes called malignant, sometimes benign, that Anastasia, the treacherous city, possesses; if for eight hours a day you work as a cutter of agate, onyx, chrysoprase, your labor which gives form to desire takes from desire its form; and you believe you are enjoying Anastasia wholly when you are only its slave.” authentic
Product code: Invisible authentic Cities: Anastasia Original Artwork Ink & Watercolor By Joe Kuth Based On Italo Calvino