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Livro d’Ouro has published two books of watercolours and drawings by John O’Connor, the first about the Douro wine region, in 2001, sponsored by the main Port Wine companies, and the second about Lisbon, in 2004, sponsored by PT Telecom. These books were subsequently published by Editorial Notícias under different titles: “The Douro, World Heritage” and “Portrait of Lisbon”. In 2009 were published two more art books: “Mondego Song”, sponsored by the Museu da Água of Coimbra, and “Cityscapes – Lisboa, Porto, Coimbra”, sponsored by Caixa Geral de Depósitos.

RETRATO DO DOURO – PORTRAIT OF THE DOURO

Author’s Edition
Price: 90 euros

Watercolours and drawings by John O’Connor complemented by texts from Portuguese authors selected by Maria do Carmo Paço d’Arcos. Bilingual edition (Portuguese/English).

Art book 24 x 30 cms, 170 pages, hard cover with illustrated dust-jacket, printed on Stockwell Special paper 160 grs. Publisher: Livro d’Ouro. Limited numbered edition of 600 copies. Year of edition: 2001.

DOURO, PATRIMÓNIO DA HUMANIDADE – THE DOURO, WORLD HERITAGE

Second Edition
Out of Print

Second edition, 150 pages, printed on Couché Matte paper 170 grs. Publisher: Editorial Notícias. Year of edition: 2001.

PERFIL DE LISBOA – LISBON IN PROFILE

Author’s Edition
Price: 120 euros

Watercolours and drawings by John O’Connor complemented by texts from Portuguese authors selected by Maria do Carmo Paço d’Arcos. Bilingual edition (Portuguese/English).

Art book 24 x 30 cms, 150 pages, hard cover, illustrated dust-jacket and slip-case, printed on Stockwell Special paper 160 grs. Publisher: Livro d’Ouro. Limited edition of 400 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Year of edition: 2004.

RETRATO DE LISBOA – PORTRAIT OF LISBON

Out of Print

Publisher: Editorial Notícias, printed on Couché Matte paper 170 grs. Year of edition: 2004.

CANÇÃO DO MONDEGO – MONDEGO SONG

Price – 40 euros

Watercolours and drawings by John O’Connor complemented by texts from Portuguese authors selected by Maria do Carmo Paço d’Arcos. Bilingual edition (Portuguese/English).

Art book 20 x 27 cms, 65 pages, hard cover with illustrated dust-jacket. Publisher: Museu da Água de Coimbra. Year of edition: 2009. Accompanied by an exhibition of a selection of works from the book at Museu da Água in Coimbra.

VISTAS DE CIDADES – CITYSCAPES – LISBOA, PORTO, COIMBRA

Price – 100 euros

Watercolours and drawings by John O’Connor complemented by texts from Portuguese authors selected by Maria do Carmo Paço d’Arcos. Bilingual edition (Portuguese/English).

Art book 24 x 30 cms, 128 pages, hard cover with illustrated dust-jacket, printed on Stockwell Special paper 160 grs. Limited edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Publisher: Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Year of edition: 2009.