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Genre/Form: | Handprints Book art Artists' books |
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Document Type: | Article |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Long; Adrian Pasotti; Coracle Press, |
OCLC Number: | 1008484463 |
Notes: | "An edition of one hundred copies hand printed in May 1984 at Coracle Press, 233-235 Camberwell New Road, London SE5"--Colophon. "Richard Long has made handprints on the walls of galleries and museums for temporary exhibitions. More permanent impressions of the artist's hands are contained in this book. The artist arrived in the premises of the Coracle Press with a bucket of mud from the river Avon; having made prints of his hands in each of the 100 books, already bound, he threw the remaining mud down the stairwell walls, where the artists who have worked with the Press have all left evidence of their work"--Manet to Hockney : modern artists' illustrated books / edited by Carol Hogben & Rowan Watson. - [London] : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985. Artist's book. Letterpress with ill. consisting of two impressions of the palms of the artist's right and left hands, imprinted in mud. Barrier sheets bound in. Casebound by Adrian Pasotti in green cloth, with title blocked in black. |
Description: | 4 unnumbered leaves : all illustrations ; 34 cm |
Responsibility: | Richard Long. |
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