Rare, 1974, Signed, Maria Regkou, Greek Poetic Essays, Nessuno, First Edition, 1/300

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Μαρία Ρέγκου

ΤΟ ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΛΟΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΝΕΣΣΟΥΝΟ

To Imerologio tou Pliarchou Nessuno

Εικοσιέξι ποιητικά δοκίμια σε πεζό σχήμα

 

Maria Regkou

THE DIARY OF CAPTAIN NESSUNO

26 Poetic Essays in Prose Form

 

Self – Published by Maria Regkou in Athens in 1974

Cover and two drawings (one on the cover and one one on page 7) by Maria Regkou

Signed and dedicated by Maria Regkou to Greek painter Takis Sideris

 

24 cm x 16.5 cm

36 pages

Original Paper Binding

First Edition, Limited Edition (about 300 copies) not for sale, for private use

 

 

Maria Regkou (Rengou) – Thanasekou was a Greek artist. She was born and raised in wartime Thessaloniki. From the age of 12 she studied painting with her uncle Polykleitos Regkos. Later, in 1956, she studied fashion design for two years in Paris. She then settled in Athens. and worked in journalism (magazine layout and book editing). Regkou presented her first paintings in 1964. In 1974, at the Quantas gallery, she exhibited her work from 1968-1974. In 1972 Pyli Publications published Wilhelm Reich’s emblematic book Listen, Little Man!. The cover adorned a work by Maria Regkou. Since then, it has remained one of the most successful Greek covers of all time. In 1979, the artist published, at Frynos Publications, a small book entitled “Houses and World Views”, where she presented some of her paintings in black and white. Maria Regkou translated, wrote poems, and was the editor of many publications. She died in 2017.