Book Makers : Center for Book Arts First Five Years 1974-1979 : October 24 - November 9 / Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union ; [Center for Book Arts] ; Thom Feild, Raisin Hopes Press.
An example of one of the 36 states of this print, item AAR.FFM1.2504.

Book Makers : Center for Book Arts First Five Years 1974-1979 : October 24 - November 9 / Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union ; [Center for Book Arts] ; Thom Feild, Raisin Hopes Press.

Broadsides


AAR.FFM1.2504-AAR.FFM5.2546
43 broadsides in 36 states ;; 43.5 x 35.5 cm; 17" x 14"
1979
Thom Feild
Raisin Hopes Press
Cooper Union. Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery
A screen printed broadside.

The broadside advertises an exhibition at The Cooper Union's Houghton Gallery, celebrating the first five years of the Center for Book Arts. The broadside also lists the date and and time of a lecture related to the exhibit, entitled "Artists' Books from One to Infinity."

Each broadside is illustrated in the background with parallel stripes printed in several colors, decorated with images of books and paper. The text is printed on three 'ribbons' in the foreground, zig-zagging from the top left to the bottom right, also printed in several colors.

The printer's logo is at the bottom left of each print: "Thom Feild, Raisin Hopes Press."

There are 36 identifiable states held by the Center for Book Arts.

CBA has two copies of the following states:
State 1 (AAR.FFM1.2504, AAR.FFM1.2505)
State 2 (AAR.FFM1.2506, AAR.FFM1.2507)
State 3 (AAR.FFM1.2508, AAR.FFM1.2509)
State 4 (AAR.FFM2.2510, AAR.FFM2.2511)
State 5 (AAR.FFM2.2512, AAR.FFM2.2513)
State 6 (AAR.FFM2.2514, AAR.FFM2.2515)
State 7 (AAR.FFM2.2516, AAR.FFM2.2517)
Of the remaining variant states 8-36, CBA has one copy of each.