COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Redressing the Sixties: (art) Lessons á la mode
Creator:
King, Susan Elizabeth, 1947-
Description:
Part memoir, part cultural artifact, Redressing the Sixties is Susan E. King's witty, whimsical recollection of the influences on her life related to clothing and fashion. The book contains 14 original prose pieces by King, along with texts she selected to provide commentary. Fabric samples from the artist's collection of vintage clothing adorn many pages. Sewn in signatures in a non-adhesive binding with visible sewing structure. Covers are paste paper over boards. Original writing, design, and letterpress printed from metal type by Susan King at Paradise Press. Colophon: "This edition of 125 copies, plus artist's proofs, was created for and supported by the Library Fellows of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Fabric swatches are pieces of clothing from the collection of the artist. The paper was made by David Carruthers and Company at St. Armand Papeterie in Montreal. The type is Palatino ... Paste papers made at the press."
Subject:
Clothing and dress
Subject:
History in art
Subject:
Nineteen sixties
Subject:
Quotations in art
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
Date:
2001
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
31 unnumbered pages : fabric samples ; 23 x 28 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Cloth
Format/Medium:
Coptic bindings
Format/Medium:
Foldouts
Format/Medium:
Hardcover books
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Paste paper
Format/Medium:
Pins (fasteners)
Source:
Redressing the Sixties: (art) Lessons á la mode, 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:
b12316817
Identifier:
i12138885
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
