István Orosz: Etchings and Posters
Printer
Hammerpress
(American, founded 1994)
Publisher
GrafikARCHIVE Publishing
(American)
Date1988
MediumLetterpress on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 7 5/8 × 5/8 inches (23.19 × 19.38 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: gift of John L. Coakley Jr., Leo R. Goertz, Eileen and Michael Gross, Jeanne Levy, Jane Ratcliffe and Paula N. Thoburn
Object numberF99-8/2
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DescriptionIn gray cardboard cover, unpaginated, spiral-bound volume of 40 leaves, most of them folios. 6 pages of introduction by András Török. On 4th leaf, in glassine envelope with red "O", folded sheet of artist's biography, followed by pages, some of them folding, bearing reproductions in black & white or with red or brown, of titled Orosz prints. Interspersed leaves bear quotations in large type by Klee, Picasso, Robert Lord (before 3 pages of text by Lord), Horace, Orosz, Emerson, Tennyson. At end of book, lists of posters, etchings, awards, public collections, exhibitions, publications, and credits. Cover bears bust of man in black with lines radiating from legs of spider on his face to printed words, Fig.1-4, left, 5-8, right. Vellum strip imprinted in red "istvan OroSZ? extends over head on cover. Book fits in slipcase signed by artist inside and bearing duplicated cover, left.CopyrightThis work is copyrighted. Contact the copyright holder for permission to reproduce.
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