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Description
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 21 cm, in portfolio case 28 x 22 cm. Edition of 10 numbered and signed copies. Housed in a Japanese portfolio "wrapping paper" box, tied with a green ribbon. "Adapted from Wish Book, an artist's book commissioned by The Caxton Press in April 2021 ... Dream Deferred further explores this idea. Inspired by the Langston Hughes poem 'Harlem,' I used unbound interior pages of Wish Book and added language from Hughes' poem in a new, fourth color."--Colophon "Dream Deferred was letterpress printed using a combination of wood and metal type, hand-cut sandblast vinyl, and polymer plates. It's printed on 80# Recycled White paper from the French Paper Company. The book covers were illustrated and printed from linoleum blocks by Laura Baisden of Camp Nevernice. The books were bound by Alexandra Janezic. Alexandra also built the Japanese portfolio 'wrapping paper' box. Written, produced, directed, and mixed by Ben Blount in an edition of 10."--Colophon. Homeownership and race discrimination. Library has copy no. 6. Case binding. Interior text and illustrations printed in red, green, and black on white paper. Cover illustrations printed in orange, green, and yellow. SEI.
ISBN
VariousAuthors_DreamDeferred.pdf
Publication Date
2022
Imprint / Year
[Illinois] : [Ben Blount], [2022]
Publisher
Ben Blount
City
Illinois
Keywords
racial discrimination; education; African American; home ownership; artists' books; letterpress printing; letterpress printing; vinyl; polymers; recycling; Japanese paper (handmade paper)
Disciplines
Book and Paper
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Blount, Ben; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Dream Deferred" (2022). Pop-up and Movable Books. 189.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_popupandmovablebooks/189