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Coisa Linda [Contemporary Editions series, no. 1]

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Coisa Linda [Contemporary Editions series, no. 1]

Artist: Beatriz Milhazes (Brazilian, born 1960)
Author: Clifford E. Landers , translation (Brazilian)
Unknown Role: (Editor) May Castleberry
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Printer: screenprints: Screened Images Inc., Port Washington, NY (Steve Maiorano) text: Cubanica, New York (Pablo Medina)
Designer: Pablo Medina
Author: various
Date: 2002
Dimensions:
case (slipcase): 12 3/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 in. (314.33 x 311.15 x 25.4mm)
Overall (book): 12 1/8 x 12 x 7/8 in. (307.98 x 304.8 x 22.23mm)
Overall (page): 12 x 12 in. (304.8 x 304.8mm)
Medium: Artist's book with 32 screenprints hand printed in 40 colors; die-cuts; printed overlays on acetate, and a unique collage.
Place of Origin: New York, New York
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Daniel Starr and Gary Miller
Object number: 2003.40
DescriptionOriginal prints: 33 screenprints, including cover; diecuts, printed overlays on acetate
Text: photolithography (typeface: Vitrina, and Clarendon)
Paper: various colors of wove Magnani Pescia, Somerset Satin, Rives BFK papers
Artist’s book by Beatriz Milhazes and various authors, with 33 screen prints (including cover) on various papers. Milhazes created all screenprints in collaboration with printmaker Jean-Paul Russell of the Durham Press, Durham, Pennsylvania. Graphic designer Pablo Medina fashioned the text pages based on his special interest in vernacular Latin American typefaces. The book was screen printed by Steve Maiorano at Screened Images Inc., Port Washington, New York, and was hand-bound by Claudia Cohen in East Hampton, Massachusetts
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