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Andrew Wyeth

Design Category
Book design, 1970
Designer
Carl F. Zahn
Collection
(1971) Fifty Books of the Year
Description

The book, a catalogue of an exhibition of the work of Andrew Wyeth, is an attempt to produce a comprehensive record of Wyeth’s work at a medium price. Great effort was placed on obtaining originals for direct photography by offset camera.

Credits
Author: David McCord
Size: 11 x 8.5 inches
Pages: 224
Quantity printed: edition of 25,000
Price: $17.50
Typeface: Linofilm Palatino, 14/18, and Palatino Italic, 9/12 with display in Filmset Trump Gravure and Palatino Italic
Typesetter: Wrightson Typographers
Printer: The Meriden Gravure Company
Printing method: Offset
Paper: Mohawk Navajo Text, 70 lb., White
Color separator: Vario Color Separators from Ektachromes by Frank Lerner
Binder: Sendor Bindery, Inc.
Binding materials: bound in Arkwright-Interlaken Pallium ALP 390 matte on .082 binder’s board
Binding method: Smythe-sewn, square-backed
Endpapers: Curtis Tweedweave Brown
Endpaper supplies: Canfield Paper Company
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)