ZiPo

Artist Werner Pfeiffer (American, born 1937)

Date2011

DimensionsH: 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm); W: 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm); Depth: 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm)

MediumLetterpress

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund

Object number

2014.14

Not on View

DescriptionRed and orange cloth case with front panels that close with a central zipper. Laid into case: 3 folded sheets (title page, preface, colophon) and 12 panels to be variously connected (by zippers) to form one sheet. Printed in letterpress on a Vanderrcook SP 20. Type: Palatino and Narrow Antique Wood Type. Paper: Mohawk Superfine. Red and orange cloth case with front panels that close with a central zipper. Laid into case: 3 folded sheets (title page, preface, colophon) and 12 panels to be variously connected (by zippers) to form one sheet. “Printed in letterpress on a Vanderrcook SP 20. Type: Palatino and 10 line Narrow Antique Wood Type. Paper: Mohawk Superfine, white, 100 lb cover. “--Colophon “ZiPo is short for zipper poem.”--Preface

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Drawn, Cut, & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfeiffer, Feb. 6-May 3, 2105.