Research Catalog

Title

The sacred land : poetry and sayings of South Western American Indians / prints by John Ross.

Author

Ross, John, 1921-2017

Publication

[East Hampton, New York] : High Tide Press, [1994]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ross, Tim
• LeFebvre, Kent
• High Tide Press, publisher.
• Hope Bindery & Box Company, binder.

Description

24 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations; 39 cm

Alternative Title

Poetry and sayings of South Western American Indians

Subject

• Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Pictorial works
• Indians of North America
• New Southwest

Genre/Form

• Collagraphs.
• Pictorial works.
• Artists' books.
• Artists' books – New York (State) – East Hampton – 1994.

Note

• "Through many generations the oral poetry traditions of the American Indian have created a world of intensity and rhythms that are now recognized for their beauty and power. This volume takes a few poems and other statements and joins them to visual elements, usually landscapes. The prints are from collagraph plates by John Ross, printed on an etching press with the help of Tim Ross. The type is Melior, set on the linotype by Kent LeFebvre of Cote Type in Holyoke, Mass., and printed on a Vandercook 219 proofing press by John Ross in the East Hampton print shop of the High Tide Press. The paper is Arches Cover and Rives BFK. A 16" x 12" clam shell box made by James Di Marcantonio of the Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island holds the unsewn sheets. Pieces of old Navajo blankets have been adhered to the covers of the boxes. These fragments were obtained through the generous cooperation of Valerie Justin of East Hampton and her shop, The Pillowry, in Los Angeles, California. This edition consists of fifteen copies"-- colophon.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Rare Books++ 21-538 consists of 11 collographs printed on one side of 10 bifolia and 1 trifolium, each signed by the artist in graphite; an additional 2 bifolia include the title page and colophon; all laid in an ochre cloth clamshell box; front cover decorated with two fabric fragments.

Call Number

Rare Books++ 21-538

LCCN

2002554294

OCLC

50730938

Author

Ross, John, 1921-2017, artist, printer.

Title

The sacred land : poetry and sayings of South Western American Indians / prints by John Ross.

Publisher

[East Hampton, New York] : High Tide Press, [1994]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Binding

Copy in Rare Books++ 21-538 consists of 11 collographs printed on one side of 10 bifolia and 1 trifolium, each signed by the artist in graphite; an additional 2 bifolia include the title page and colophon; all laid in an ochre cloth clamshell box; front cover decorated with two fabric fragments. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books++ 21-538 is no. 12 of 15 copies, signed and dated in graphite on the colophon.

Added Author

Ross, Tim, printer.

LeFebvre, Kent, compositor.

High Tide Press, publisher.

Hope Bindery & Box Company, binder.

Research Call Number

Rare Books++ 21-538