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Prove before Laying: Figuring the Word / Drucker, Johanna., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29331-30693

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Scope and Contents

Drucker writes that this "book is about the constraints and limits of language as a system (within the rules of grammar and syntax and orthography). Drucker uses a single font of type in the center section of each page and a second text printed from polymer plates on the top and bottom of the letterpress print font section. This second text is printed in red and becomes increasingly larger on each page. It "addresses the history of writing as technology, mythology, and cultural form." The title refers to the foundry label on new type that advises the printer to proof the font before setting it. Fifty copies were given to friends and 40 were sold to the public. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (spiral spine) + sheet (29 pages) in cover (collaged, label, printed)) ; 25 x 24 x .7 cm (book) + 14.1 x 21.7 cm (sheet)

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Johanna Drucker, 1997.

General

Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Druckwerk. Signed by: Johanna Drucker (c.- colophon); Johanna (l.r.- loose sheet). Inscription: With much affection & admiration to Ruth & Marvin. Nationality of creator: American. General: 50 copies of 90 total copies. About 28 number copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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