Research Catalog

Title

Visible cities / prints by John Ross ; with excerpts from Invisible cities by Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

Author

Ross, John, 1921-2017

Publication

East Hampton, N.Y. : High Tide Press, [1993]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Calvino, Italo
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Ross, Tim
• DiMarcantonio, Jim
• LeFebvre, Kent
• High Tide Press, printer
• Hope Bindery & Box Company, manufacture place
• Cote Typesetting, compositor

Description

24 unnumbered leaves : illustrations; 46 cm

Subject

• Artists' books
• Imaginary places in art
• artists' books (books)

Genre/Form

• collagraphs (prints)
• prose poems.
• Prose poems.
• Poetry.
• Portfolios.
• Artists' books – New York (State) – East Hampton – 1993.

Note

• Printed on one side of 12 bifolia, 10 of which constitute signed prints. Laid in a clamshell box.
• "These architectural images are made from collagraph plates by John Ross who printed them with the help of Tim Ross at the East Hampton print workshop of the HIgh Tide Press. The paper used is Rives BFK, the text type is Palatino set on the Linotype by Kent LeFebvre of Cote Typesetting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and printed on a Vandercook 210 press at East Hampton. Headlines and display types are from the High Tide collection of antique wood type. The collagraphs were printed on a Brand etching press in East Hampton. The binding is by James DiMarcantonio of the Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island. The total edition numbers 25 copies, of which 20 have black and white relief images and 5 copies are printed in color." -- colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed: in graphite, on each leaf, and in ink, on colophon.

Binding (note)

• Laid in red cloth-covered clamshell box; box has an applied, cast resin architectural facade on the front lid.

Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-626

LCCN

2002554550

OCLC

50730949

Author

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

Title

Visible cities / prints by John Ross ; with excerpts from Invisible cities by Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

Imprint

East Hampton, N.Y. : High Tide Press, [1993]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed: in graphite, on each leaf, and in ink, on colophon. NN

Binding

Laid in red cloth-covered clamshell box; box has an applied, cast resin architectural facade on the front lid. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-626 is no. 5 of 5 color copies of 25 black and white and color copies.

Added Author

Calvino, Italo. Città invisibili. Selections. English.

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, translator.

Ross, Tim, printer of plates.

DiMarcantonio, Jim, binder.

LeFebvre, Kent, compositor.

High Tide Press, printer.

Hope Bindery & Box Company, manufacture place.

Cote Typesetting, compositor.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-626