▁comp ares ▁the ▁m ood ▁and ▁content ▁of ▁his ▁poetry ▁with ▁his ▁trans itional ▁and ▁early ▁m ature ▁paint ings ▁and ▁prints . ▁ ▁K ip n iss ' s ▁mem oir , ▁Robert ▁K ip n iss : ▁A ▁Working ▁Art ist ' s ▁Life ▁( Univers ity ▁Press ▁of ▁New ▁England , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁ 2 5 9 ▁pages ), ▁describes ▁his ▁art istic ▁techniques ▁and ▁aspects ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁and ▁personal ▁life . ▁ ▁Illustr ator ▁ ▁K ip n iss ▁has ▁illustrated ▁two ▁volumes ▁of ▁poetry . ▁For ▁Po ems ▁of ▁R ainer ▁Marie ▁R il ke ▁( 1 9 8 1 ), ▁he ▁created ▁ten ▁black ▁and ▁white ▁l ith ograph s ▁which ▁were ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁two ▁thousand ▁books . ▁Ten ▁original s ▁in ▁color ▁ed itions ▁of ▁ 1 5 0 ▁that ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁port folio ▁boxes ▁as ▁individual ▁sheets ▁opposite ▁each ▁of ▁ten ▁po ems ▁were ▁published ▁separately . ▁Compar ing ▁the ▁l ith ograph s ▁with ▁the ▁po ems , ▁American ▁poet ▁Robin ▁Mag owan ▁has ▁written : ▁" B oth ▁K ip n iss ▁and ▁R il ke ▁are ▁ex ponents ▁of ▁in ward ness , ▁creating ▁med itative ▁en ig mas ▁to ▁which ▁we ▁can ▁keep ▁returning ▁without ▁pier cing ▁their ▁myster ies . ▁The ▁works ▁share ▁a ▁silence ▁that ▁car ries ▁something ▁of ▁an ▁asc etic , ▁a ▁p urg ing ▁of ▁excess ▁and ▁an ▁att endant ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁a ▁rest raint