COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
The Real World of Manuel Córdova
Creator:
Campbell, Carolee
Creator:
Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-
Description:
Book created by Carolee Campbell. Poetry by W.S. Merwin and reprinted from Travels published by Alfred Knopf. Type is handset Van Dijck with Weiss Initial Series I for the display and printed on dampened Domestic Etching on a Vandercook Universal I flatbed proof press. "This special edition ... was printed from hand-set Samson Uncial type onto kakishibu, a persimmon-washed handmade paper ... The text, which is housed in an accordion-style binding, may be unfolded and read in hand, stanza by stanza, or opened entirely, thus revealing all forty-three, fourteen-line stanzas. Fully extended, the book is fifteen feet long. The image of a river undulates alongside the poem ... The river is printed from photopolymer plates in five colors gradually intermingling one after the other. The book is held within an enclosure of handmade papers--the outermost being a loft-dried, 100 percent raw flax sheet made under the direction of Timothy Barrett at the Center for the Book Papermaking Facility at the University of Iowa. The enclosure is lined with kakishibu on which is printed a map of the world, the first to show the world's currents, drawn by Athanasius Kircher in 1665. The map is hand-tinted in five colors echoing the colors of the river. The enclosure is fastened with alum-tawed goat skin and bone. The design, press work, and binding are by Carolee Campbell at Ninja Press."--Prospectus. Limited edition of 160 signed and numbered copies, along with 18 lettered hors commerce.
Subject:
Maps in art
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Rivers
Publisher:
Ninja Press
Date:
2009
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, maps ; 10 x 34 cm, in box 11 x 36 x 3 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Accordion fold books
Format/Medium:
Flax fiber papers
Format/Medium:
Hand composition
Format/Medium:
Handmade paper
Format/Medium:
Kakishibu paper
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Source:
The Real World of Manuel Córdova, in Artists' Books Collection at SCAD Library, Atlanta, 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:
b12968766
Identifier:
i12413835
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
