Research Catalog

Title

Artificial hills : 12 real photographs 12 / [Angela Lorenz, Guido Piacentini].

Author

Lorenz, Angela.

Publication

Bologna, Italy : [A. Lorenz], 1998.

Supplementary Content

Artist's description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piacentini, Guido.
• Stamperia Valdonega. prt

Description

1 folded sheet (12 p.) : ill.; 14 x 19 cm.

Summary

• Consists of 12 sheets of Fabriano museum board joined to form a strip (14 cm. x 228 cm.), folded accordion-style. On recto of the strip, each page contains a mounted photographic print (9 x 14 cm.) showing a manmade hill in Bologna, with letterpress legend (identification of the site and lines from a poem by Lorenz).
• "Printed in moveable type by Stamperia Valdonega on Fabriano museum board and bound with strips of bookbinding cloth in a panorama format. Corners rounded individually with a 19th century manual cutting machine ... The photographs, which were painted upon, modified, and re-photographed, are a collaborative effort between the author and Guido Piacentini, who hand-printed each one"--Artist's Web site, viewed Dec. 18, 2012.
• "The images ... were photographed using a Nikon F3 camera with various lenses on Ilford Delta 400 film, developed in Ilfosol, and printed on AGFA Classic 118 FB photographic paper. Each ... was originally printed in black and white in different versions, manipulated by Guido Piacentini in the printing process to evoke the peculiarities of 19th century photographs. The artist, Angela Lorenz. further manipulated them through painting, tearing, folding, and collage. These definitive images were then re-photographed ... The final printing process consisted of exposing the definitive image on the photographic paper and developing it in Neutol. It was then fixed, rinsed for an hour, and dried ... Once dried and inspected, each print was put into a bath of potassium ferricyanide (making the image disappear) and rinsed quickly. After this, the images were treated in a bath of sodium sulfite, allowing for the images to re-appear, now sepia-toned. Finally, the prints were rinsed for an hour and air-dried. A vinyl archival glue was used to adhere them to the conservation board"--Artist's Web site.

Alternative Title

Twelve real photographs twelve

Subjects

• Altered prints
• Bologna (Italy) > Photographs
• Card photographs
• Bologna (Italy) > In art
• Lorenz, Angela
• Mounds > Italy > Bologna > Photographs
• Photography, Artistic
• Landscape architecture > Italy > Bologna > Photographs
• Photographic prints > Italy > 20th century
• Artists' books > Italy > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Card photographs.
• Photographic prints – Italy – 20th century.
• Altered prints.
• Artists' books – Italy – 20th century.

Note

• Edition of 20 copies.
• Title from front of portfolio; statement of responsibility and publication information from back of portfolio.

Binding (note)

• Issued in red stiff paper portfolio, lettered in gold, with oval cutout on front and flap closure on back. "Presented in a red cardstock box with real gold lettering also printed by Stamperia Valdonega and die-cut to show the first hill presented of the book inside"--Artist's Web site.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1998 12-229

OCLC

42001274

Author

Lorenz, Angela.

Title

Artificial hills : 12 real photographs 12 / [Angela Lorenz, Guido Piacentini].

Imprint

Bologna, Italy : [A. Lorenz], 1998.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 7/20; signed in pencil on portfolio by Lorenz and Piacentini.

Binding

Issued in red stiff paper portfolio, lettered in gold, with oval cutout on front and flap closure on back. "Presented in a red cardstock box with real gold lettering also printed by Stamperia Valdonega and die-cut to show the first hill presented of the book inside"--Artist's Web site.

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Artist's description

Place of Publication

Italy Bologna.

Added Author

Piacentini, Guido. Printer of plates

Stamperia Valdonega. Printer

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1998 12-229