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Brian Blow

Iron Chords, 1997

Description

Maker

  • Rocket Press, English, printer
  • Jonathan Stephenson, British, printer
  • Brian Blow, late 20th century, British

Title

Iron Chords

Year

1997

Medium

Woodcut

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodcut

Supports

  • Medium wove (Zerkall) paper

Dimensions

29.2 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil, last page:Brian Blow ' 9717/45

Identification

Edition

17/45

Place

Oxford; United Kingdom

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Books

Credit

Gift of Cindy and Scott Burns

Object Number

1998.37.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000

The RISD Museum has amassed a collection of about 300 artist's books, albums, scrapbooks, and rare volumes. (The RISD Library holds an additional 900 or so artist's books.) One collector-couple's passion for books published by small British presses has swelled the number of artist's books in the Museum's collection over the past several years. The Rocket Press is among the few British establishments still operating full-time for the design and production of high quality letterpress, publishing three or four books a year on their own in addition to commissioned work.

Iron Chords, printed by Jonathan Stephenson at The Rocket Press, is a book of bold, abstract color woodcuts by Brian Blow printed in a long, accordion-fold format without text.

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