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Can anyone speak to the history behind the Carlton Way suite? From what I could find online and on this site, the publisher put out two copies out of what was supposed to be a 26-copy edition of this suite of photographs in 1982. Then, in the early 90s, they released 3 more copies, and Scott Harrison had something to do with it? I even read that Harrison arranged to have Bukowski sign and caption the photos on his deathbed, which seems like yet another myth.
It all seems very weird - who was the publisher, and how did they miscalculate the cost to produce the edition such that they could only produce two copies? Why did they produce 3 more in the 90s? And if the original edition was supposed to be 26, why are the copies from the 90s numbered to 50? I know the prints from the later printing have handwritten captions on them by Bukowski - did the original two sets also have captions, or is this unique to the later sets?
It all seems confusing and fraught with hearsay and lore, so if anyone here knows the real story behind this one, I'd be very interested to hear it.
It all seems very weird - who was the publisher, and how did they miscalculate the cost to produce the edition such that they could only produce two copies? Why did they produce 3 more in the 90s? And if the original edition was supposed to be 26, why are the copies from the 90s numbered to 50? I know the prints from the later printing have handwritten captions on them by Bukowski - did the original two sets also have captions, or is this unique to the later sets?
It all seems confusing and fraught with hearsay and lore, so if anyone here knows the real story behind this one, I'd be very interested to hear it.