Research Catalog

Title

Counting on chance : 25 years of artists' books by Robin Price, publisher.

Author

Price, Robin (Glenna Robin)

Publication

Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Taraba, Suzy.
• Rogan, Clare I., 1968-
• Bright, Betty
• Witthus, Rutherford W., 1942-
• Davison Art Center

Description

143 p. : ill.; 31 cm.

Summary

"The covers for 'Counting on Chance' were generated solely on press using three of the four process color printing plates (cyan, magenta, and yellow) from the interior of the book, via a method used mostly for preparing the press for printing called "make-ready." By overprinting color, areas of image are built up on the paper by repeatedly passing the sheets through the press ... In the true spirit of 'chance' the exact image of the cover will be generated at random when printing the book and as of this writing can only be imagined. Instructions to consistently rotate some of the sheets prior to feeding them into the press ensures variation within the edition" -- Colophon.

Alternative Title

• Robin Price : counting on chance
• 25 years of artists' books
• Twenty-five years of artists' books

Subject

• Price, Robin > Catalogues raisonnés
• Price, Robin > Exhibitions
• Robin Price (Publisher) > Catalogues raisonnés
• Robin Price (Publisher) > Exhibitions
• Artists' books > United States > Exhibitions
• Chance in art

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs (Genre)
• Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
• Catalogues raisonnés
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Counting on chance" held at the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, March 26 - May 23, 2010.
• "The covers for Counting on chance were generated solely on press using three of the four process color printing plates (cyan, magenta, and yellow) from the interior of the book, via a method used mostly for preparing the press for printing called "make-ready." By overprinting color, areas of image are built up on the paper by repeatedly passing the sheets through the press... In the true spirit of 'chance' the exact image of the cover will be generated at random when printing the book and as of this writing can only be imagined. Instructions to consistently rotate some of the sheets prior to feeding them into the press ensures variation within the edition."--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / by Suzy Taraba and Clare I. Rogan -- Break-through (resoluteness): work by Robin Price / essay by Betty Bright -- A conversation with Robin Price / interview by Suzy Taraba -- Catalogue raisonné / by Rutherford W. Witthus, with commentary by Robin Price -- Counting ventures: curriculum vitae.

OCLC

• 636089124
• SCSB-10229332

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library