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Draft notation

Title
Draft notation / Jen Bervin.
Author
Bervin, Jen
Publication
[New York] : Granary Books, May 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Kerksieck, Friedrich
  • Albers, Anni
  • Granary Books (Firm), publisher.
Description
1 box (various pieces) (109 pages) : chiefly illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Each copy includes : 1) four pale green books with a total of fifty-seven typed studies reproduced in letterpress; 2) a numbered, unique typing on red card board; 3) facsimiles of nine studies made on different typewriters; 4) process note and a colophon, printed on loose sheets of paper.
Alternative Title
Draft notations
Subject
  • Weaving > Patterns
  • Conceptual art
  • Typewriter art
  • Artists' books
  • Weaving
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – New York (State)
  • Patterns.
  • Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
Note
  • Edition of 75 numbered copies.
  • "The art of weaving dates back to 7000 BC and is one of the earliest grid forms. Though both conceptual and concrete poets have used the typewriter extensively, my interest is in Anni Albers' typed designs. ... Anni Albers' typings were my impetus to study weaving, which I hoped would teach me about typing. ... The title, Draft Notation, refers to the pre-weaving design diagrams a weaver creates or consults to plan her work on the loom. I think of these studies as textile scores ..."--Process note.
  • Printed letterpress by Friedrich Kerksieck on Khadi, Lettra paper, and glassine; printed digitally, and by IBM typewriter, on Byron Weston Linen Ledger White and Classic Crest, in a linen clamshell box
  • "Letterpress printing by Friedrich Kerksieck"--Colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Issued in sailcloth-covered clamshell box.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2014 17-2562
OCLC
880320106
Author
Bervin, Jen, artist.
Title
Draft notation / Jen Bervin.
Publisher
[New York] : Granary Books, May 2014.
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
card
Local Note
Library has copy no. 26, signed by the artist.
Binding
Issued in sailcloth-covered clamshell box.
Added Author
Kerksieck, Friedrich, printer.
Albers, Anni, associated name.
Granary Books (Firm), publisher.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2014 17-2562
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