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Air Born

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Title

Air Born
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Description

Kresge, Ann M. [author]
Air born : an artists' book / by Ann M. Kresge. Ten thousand things : a poem / by Melinda Kennedy
Spec. N7433.4.K74 A75 1994 4o
(High Falls, N.Y. : Mossybrook Press ; Rosendale, N.Y. : Women's Studio Workshop, c1994)
5 kites : wood and paper, col. ; in box, 35 x 28 x 3 cm.

  • Each kite contains a verse of the poem.
  • Title from colophon sheet.
  • "Created in a limited edition of 100 with 20 artist's proofs. The prints combine etching, relief printing and chine colle. They are printed on handmade Japanese Kozo paper. The type, Helvetica, is letterpress printed by the artist. The kite structures are based on traditional Japanese kites"--Colophon.
  • Leaf with poem linking concepts in the kite verses mounted on p. [2] of cover.
  • Accompanied by sheet with text, colophon sheet, and kite instruction sheet by Tal Streeter.
  • Earth -- Wind -- Fire -- Water -- Air.
  • Spec copy: No. 14 of 100; signed by Ann Kresge.
  • Spec copy: Housed in handmade, hand-printed cloth-covered folding box.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Book
[Photographed by Rosalynn Stovall]

Citation

“Air Born,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 19, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/6558.