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Lethe : river of forgetfulness - images by Sean Taft Caulfield with a text by Jonathan Hart.: PB 1-2010

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lethe : river of forgetfulness - images by Sean Taft Caulfield with a text by Jonathan Hart.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caulfield, Sean
Author: Hart, Jonathan
Designer: Colberg, Susan
Publisher: University of Alberta

Categories

Description

[10] sheets : ill. (some col.) ; 59 x 82 cm + booklet.
With booklet labelled on front cover: Field notes : journey of a naturalist (23p).
Of the 10 sheets, 2 of these 10 are made up of three sheets taped together and one of four sheets taped together.

Place(s) associated

  • Edmonton

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2010-01) by Caulfield, Sean Hart, Jonathan

Dating

Production date: AD 2009 : Notes: With booklet: Field notes : journey of a naturalist (23p). Of the 10 sheets, 2 of these 10 are made up of three sheets taped together and one of four sheets taped together. "This edition was designed and composed electronically by Susan Colberg. The images were made by Sean Caulfield and the corresponding texts were written by Jonathan Hart. This project were created through a collaborative process. The images were developed on intaglio plates using mezzotint, etching as well as digital printing and chine collé techniques. Some hand tinting was used. Digital images are based on the notebooks of Guido Miller, circa 1920. The typefaces are Dante, designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and Trajan, designed by Carol Twombly. The type was printed digitally. The images are printed on Hahnemuhle, Gampi and Honen papers and the texts on Hahnemuhle, Honen and Pegasus Text. Printing was done by Sean Caulfield. This edition is housed in a porfolio case covered in German book cloth. The case was produced by the Portfoliobox Company, Rhode Island." --colophon. "The prints were produced in an edition of twelve along with artists' proofs. This edition of Lethe is limited to four numbered copies."--colophon. Museum has copy no. 4 signed by Hart, Caulfield and Colberg.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Chine collé
Printing
Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1-2010
Primary reference Number: 170666
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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