Artist tracts : five collaborative letterpress triptychs /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Purgatory Pie Press
Other Authors:	Smith, Esther K., Faust, Dikko, Beck, Melinda, Gifford, J. Nebraska, 1939-, Huurman, Wim, Murawski, Laura, Redding, Harvey, Marmo, Maria Laura, Rowland, Lauren
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	NYC : Purgatory Pie Press, [1997]
Subjects:	Artists' books > United States. Triptychs. Artists' books. United States. Artists' books > New York > 1997. Type specimens. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Copperplate Gothic. Wood types (Type evidence)

Description
Item Description:	Issued in a portfolio. Consists of 5 folded triptychs (18 x 38 cm. folded to 18 cm.). The portfolio is printed from Copperplate, Bank and Wood Gothic types, overprinted on the outside with day-glo hand-marbling by Lauren Rowland. Each portfolio is issued a number out of 250. The number is repeated on each of the triptychs. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number 115 and is signed on the portfolio by Esther K. Smith, Dikko Faust, Mothra, and Lauren Rowland. The triptychs are signed or initialed by the artists: Laura Murawski, Wim Huurman, J. Nebraska Gifford, and Melinda Beck. Purchased for the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:	1 portfolio : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 cm
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.
Place of Publication:	United States -- New York -- New York.