Brian Blow

Iron Chords

Maker

Brian Blow (British, late 20th century)
Rocket Press (English), publisher
Jonathan Stephenson (British), printer

Title

Iron Chords

Year

1997

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

woodcut

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Oxford; Place Made: United Kingdom

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Cindy and Scott Burns

Object Number

1998.37.2

Type

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions
Inclusive and Diverse
Feb 18, 2000 – Apr 16, 2000

Label copy

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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Tombstone

Brian Blow (British, late 20th century)
Rocket Press (English), publisher
Jonathan Stephenson (British), printer
Iron Chords, 1997
Woodcut
29.2 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5/8 inches)
Gift of Cindy and Scott Burns 1998.37.2

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