A Printer's Exquisite Corpse

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Title

A Printer's Exquisite Corpse

Subject

Artist Book

Description

Catalogue entry for Silver Buckle Press' publication of a game turned into the artist book, "The Printer's Exquisite Corpse"

Creator

Alastair Johnston, M.J. Pauly, Pati Scobey, Bonnie Stahlecker, Silver Buckle Press

Publisher

Silver Buckle Press

Date

1992

Format

Four boxes housed in a drop-spine box (when closed the whole measures 22"x8 3/4"x3/4"): combines the efforts of 34 artisit; letterpress printers from across the U.S.A. designed and printed 100 copies of a quarter section of the corpse; multi-colored boxes constructed with interior dividing walls which both house and display 36 prints; 6,561 different ligures can be created from the parts.

Language

English

Type

Book

Identifier

https://www.library.wisc.edu/exhibits/online-exhibits/art/artists-books/inventing-the-body/

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Original Format

Book

Physical Dimensions

3024px x 4032px

Files

Exquisite Corpse.jpg

Citation

Alastair Johnston, M.J. Pauly, Pati Scobey, Bonnie Stahlecker, Silver Buckle Press, “A Printer's Exquisite Corpse,” Write@UGA: History and Horizons, accessed May 4, 2024, https://hyperglyphics.net/omeka/items/show/13.

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