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

Place of OriginNew York, New York

Date2002

Dimensionscase (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)

MediumArtist's book with 32 screenprints hand printed in 40 colors; die-cuts; printed overlays on acetate, and a unique collage.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Daniel Starr and Gary Miller

Object number

2003.40

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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

Published Referencescf.: Deanna Sirlin, "Birmingham," Art Papers 26, no. 1 (January/February 2002): 38-9. cf.: Philip Auslander, "Beatriz Milhazes: Birmingham Museum of Art," Artforum International 40, no. 3 (November 2001): 149-50. cf.: Carol Little, "Beatriz Milhazes at Edward Thorp," Art in America 89, no. 5 (May 2001): 171.Exhibition HistoryTMA New Works on Paper Dec. 2005 - Mar. 5, 2006