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Archetype Press: Pasadena. No.39 / Gloria Kondrup, editor., 2006

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Identifier: CC-47932-68954

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Scope and Contents

This book (unnumbered and out-of-series) was "designed and letterpress printed by students at Archtype Press, Art Center College of Design. The text pages were hand-set using foundry metal type and wood type and printed on Legion Domestic Etching paper. The illustrations were printed on handmade Japanese Mulberry paper using linoleum blocks and photopolymer plates. The books were hand bound by Alice Vaughan. This book was presented to the Sackners on the occasion of a visit of 25 members of the Pasadena Art Alliance to the Archive in May 2008. The book describes a history of Pasedena in visual/verbal terms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2006

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + 21 pages (letterpress, wood type, etching paper) + 15 pages (linoleum block, handmade paper) + card (letter press) (36 pages) in slipcase (museum board, cloth covered)) ; 24 x 31.3 x 1.5 cm (book) + 24.7 x 31.7 x 2.2 cm (slipcase) + 14.1 x 10.3 cm (card)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

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: Pasadena, California : Art Center College of Design.General: 75 copies of 101 total copies. General: Added by RUTH; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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