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Creator

Michael Kuch
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

1-1-2004

Keywords

artists' books; typefounding; wood engravings (prints)

Description

[34] pages (unpaged) : color illus. (some folded). Printed by Art Larson. "... type from the banks of Horton Tank ..."--Colophon. "... meant as a kind of celebration of the merging of The Double Elephant Press' studio with the studio of Art Larson's Horton Tank Graphics ... The wood-type in the book comes from Larson's collection ..."--Accompanying description of the work, (1 sheet ([1] page)) laid in. "A key to the wood type in the order of appearance" ([1] folded leaf) laid in at end. Chiefly wood type specimens and color woodblock prints on folded leaves. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Issued in a red flax, three-flap chemise with ankh decoration.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1206344~S4

Press

Asparagus Valley [i.e. Hadley], Mass. : Double Elephant Press, 2004.

Rights

©Asparagus Valley [i.e. Hadley], Mass. : Double Elephant Press, 2004.

Materials / Techniques

woodcuts (prints); paper

Measurements

26 cm