[Janus Press] Kaufman, Margaret | made by Amanda Degener and Claire Van Vliet

[Broadside] Old Quilts

Janus Press & the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1989. Broadside. Item #10514

Broadside. 17-1/2" x 22-1/8." Limited edition, one of 140 copies. Printed dry in 10 and 12 pt. Optima in three different blues on Tenjugo inclusion in "quilt" of Japanese lace papers and kozo and gampi papers handmade by Amanda Degener. Fine copy.

This is a beautiful poem by Kaufman so perfectly rendered in this striking collaboration between Claire Van Vliet, Amanda Degener, Barb Schubring, and Michael Tarachow, who set the type at his Pentagram Press in Minnesota. John Buchtel aptly describes this: "The result is a quilt-like pattern of different cut papers with the text on Tenjugo, a nearly invisible, extraordinarily thin Japanese tissue. A fine layer of fibrous gampi holds the pieces together and gives the feeling of a much used favorite quilt" (The Art of Paper, p. 40). As is the case with most of the Janus Press broadsides, this is rare in commerce. Fine, The Janus Press 1981-1990, p. 46. (Note: Copy #10 that is depicted is sold, another number from the limitation will be shipped if purchases).

Price: $525.00