COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
The Tower of the Winds
Creator:
Van Velzer, Lawrence G.
Creator:
Gotthold, Peggy
Description:
Scroll issued in a cylindrical case with buttonhole closure with a metal bead. The title, publisher's name, date of publication and copy number are printed on one end of the case, and the image of the triton from the tower is on the other end. Colophon: "Text by Lawrence G. van Velzer & Peggy Gotthold". Limited edition of 200 copies. Colophon: "This book was designed and printed by the authors. The edition of 200 numbered copies were [sic] printed letterpress from polymer plates on a Hacker hand press. The type face is Adobe Herculanum. The papers are Zerkall Book and hand-made Egyptian papyrus. The scroll cases were produced from dyed, hand-shaped Arches paper. The binding was done at the Press."
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Artistic collaboration
Subject:
History in art
Subject:
Maps in art
Subject:
Panoramas
Subject:
Quotations in art
Subject:
Tower of the Winds (Athens, Greece)
Publisher:
Foolscap Press
Date:
2002
Coverage:
Athens (Greece)
Coverage:
Greece
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 scroll : illustrations, plans ; 28 x 762 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Cloth
Format/Medium:
Handmade paper
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Papyrus (fiber product)
Format/Medium:
Photopolymer plates (printing plates)
Format/Medium:
Scrolls (information artifacts)
Format/Medium:
Wood
Source:
The Tower of the Winds, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b1300167x
Identifier:
i12472633
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
