De la Meca Esthetique / DuPont, Albert, editor ; Broutin GP ; Canal F ; Dupont A ; Lemaitre M ; Letaillieur F., 1991
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Scope and Contents
The theme, "meca-esthetic" means the field of all the instruments of art in general and painting in particular such as canvas, brushes, tubes, etc. and for engraving the paper, the colors, etc. The bookbinding made by Dupont was made to illustrate this theme as well as the etchings in which the possibilities of "meca-esthetique" by way of manipulating, cutting, handcoloring, collaging, etc. the surface, the edge, or the depth of each etching. Arches paper was used for the prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1991
Creator
- DuPont, Albert, 1951- (Person)
- Broutin, Gérard-Philippe (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + unbound pages (folded, letterpress) + 4 prints (etchings, handcolored additions, collaged additions) + print (etching, collaged additions, perforated) (2 pages) in artist bookbinding (museum board, cloth, wood, paper, sand, hair, cardboard corrugated, cork)) ; 65 x 49.5 cm (prints) + 70 x 54.5 x 5.2 cm (bookbinding)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
guest bedroom f
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Paris, France : L'Inediteur. Signed by: Albert Dupont (l.r.- cover); Gerard Broutin (l.r.- print); Francoise Canal (l.r.- print); Albert Dupont (l.r.- print); Maurice Lemaitre (l.r.- print); Francoise Letaillieur (l.r.- print). Nationality of creator: French. General: About 60 total copies. About 3 number copy. General: Updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921