[Collection of Amos Kennedy broadsheet handbills promoting books, reading, and support for public libraries].
- Author
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.
- Published
- [Detroit, Michigan] : [Kennedy Prints!], [2023]
[Brooklyn, New York] : 20x200 - Physical Description
- 5 prints (loose) : color letterpress on chipboard ; each 21 x 15 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Kennedy Prints! (Firm) and 20x200 (Firm)
- Series
- Contents
- Once you learn to read, you will be forever free / Frederick Douglas [quotation] -- Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body / Richard Steele [quotation] -- I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books / Jorge Luis Borges [quotation] -- A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone / Jo Goodwin [quotation] -- Book lovers never go to bed alone.
- Summary
- "Bookish Letterpress, a series of 9 [that is, 10] one-of-a-kind prints hand-pressed by master printer and provocateur Amos Kennedy in his Detroit studio. Choose from nine [that is, ten] quippy and thought-provoking quotes from legendary literary and historical figures like Frederick Douglass, Jorge Luis Borges, and Jo Goodwin. Plus a few punchy declaratives that stand on their own. No two prints are alike, with unending variations of layout, layering, inks, and types."--Description provided by 20x200.
- Subject(s)
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895—Quotations
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986—Quotations
- Steele, Richard, 1818-1881—Quotations
- 2000-2099
- Books and reading—Quotations, maxims, etc—Posters
- Artists' books—Michigan—Detroit—21st century—Specimens
- Letterpress printing—Michigan—Detroit—Specimens
- Graphic design (Typography)
- African American prints
- Arts graphiques
- Art noir américain
- Estampe noire américaine
- Printing
- Artists' books
- African American art
- United States
- Genre(s)
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
Publication details and series from 20x200 website: https://20x200.com/collections/new-releases-2023/products/kenned y-prints-bookish-letterpress?variant=40019492274270
Content chiefly textual.
Letterpress on chipboard; printed in black over layers of text and illustration in varying colored inks.
"Support public libraries" and "20 x 200" printed in varying color and typographic layout beneath primary letterpress text on each print.
Each print is a loose broadsheet handbill designed and uniquely printed in a limited edition exclusively for 20x200 Bookish letterpress series.
Rare Books copies (5 prints): include five different Amos Kennedy broadsheet handbill prints from 20x200 Bookish Letterpress series, as listed above, which feature individual literary quotes by Frederick Douglas, Richard Steele, Jorge Luis Borges, Jo Goodwin, and "Book lovers never go to bed alone." - Source of Acquisition
- Rare Books copies (5 prints): Purchased from 20x200; 2023.
Rare Books copies (5 prints): Purchased with funds from the Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Program Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts; 2024. - Binding notes
- Housed in ShareBox 104
boxShare104 GST/P/2/3 c.1 (Archival/Manuscript Material) bound in ShareBox 104
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