Correspondence

Correspondence

Richard Craven, Huston Blame, Gay M. Hertzman, 1976

Description

Catalog of an exhibition organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art: a one-man show of some 550 letters sent by Ray Johnson, founder of the “New York Correspondence School” and foremost proponent of the “mail art” movement begun in the mid ‘50s. Catalog contains 350 facsimile reproductions of correspondence sent to 84 of the 104 lenders to the exhibition.

Special Features:  invitation:  designed by Elaine Sarao Beemer, on Hammermill Dura-Glo cover, 10 pt., printed by Theo. Davis & Sons

Collections: The Book Show: Not Exactly Books (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designers
Richard Craven, Huston Blame, Gay M. Hertzman
Editor
Gay M. Hertzman
Size
8.5 x 11.5 inches
Pages
200
Quantity printed
first printing of 1500
Price
$5.00
Typefaces
Text in Elite-Modern (Adler SE 1000 typewriter), Display in Bulletin Typewriter
Typesetters
Bernice Boylorn, Colad
Printer
Theo. Davis & Sons
Printing method
Text: offset lithography; Black/white illustrations: line shots and 150-line screen
Paper
Cougar Vellum Opaque, 60 lb. white
Paper manufacturer
Weyerhaeuser Company
Paper supplies
Snyder Paper Company
Binder
Colad
Binding materials
looseleaf pocket portfolio; designed by Gay M. Hertzman, on 18 pt. white C.1.S., laminated stock
Publisher
North Carolina Museum of Art
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