Detail View: Artists' Book Collection: Renault 12

Title: 
Renault 12
Creator: 
Appella, Alex
Description: 
Six full-color collages/pop-up pages sewn onto linen tapes. Flat back binding. Each book housed in its own "glove box wallet " 4.75 x 8.25 inches. RENAULT 12 was printed on Colorspot Nieve paper, using an Epson Inkjet Printer. All acid-free materials. The bi-lingual pages are accompanied by a glossary at the end of the book. Open, numbered edition. Each page features a different family pop-up portrait plus information about the owners and their car. The inside of the front and back covers boast original publicity material. Behind each pop up are glimpses of pages from a 1971 owner's manual. Colophon: "A book to honor the community within the Southern Punilla Valley in Córdoba, Argentina that I call home, a lovely fall, and this titan of econobox transportation: The Renault 12. This auto was manufactured in many countries including Turkey, Romania, Colombia, Spain & France, and specifically in Argentina from 1971 to 1994, where it lives on today as an accessible solution from getting the family from point A to point B."
Subject: 
Advertising
Subject: 
Automobiles
Subject: 
Families
Subject: 
Photography
Subject: 
Renault 12 automobile
Date: 
2009
Coverage: 
Punilla Valley (Argentina)
Coverage: 
Córdoba (Argentina)
Coverage: 
Argentina
Language: 
English
Language: 
Spanish
Type: 
Still Image
Extent: 
14 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Format/Medium: 
Artists' books
Format/Medium: 
Collages
Format/Medium: 
Cutouts
Format/Medium: 
Hardcover books
Format/Medium: 
Inkjet prints
Format/Medium: 
Photographs
Format/Medium: 
Pop-up books
Format/Medium: 
Quarter bindings
Source: 
Renault 12, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Relation: 
Catalog record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1281005
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: 
b12810058
Identifier: 
i12093890
SCAD Location: 
Jen Library (Savannah)