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Cold Sweat
The Graphic Works

Item date(s): 2009

Christiaan (Chris) Diedericks


Pages: unpaged
Size: 390mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #5/5


Place publication: Cape Town, RSA
Publisher: Artists Book
Cat. 237-C6c ZA
Exhibition 2017

Additional notes:
Cold Sweat is a limited edition of five hand-made artist's books by Christiaan Diedericks as an extension of a larger body of works by the same title.

Each book contains 10 original drypoint engravings with a short biography by the artist, a background to the larger body of work and a detailed description of each work.

All text was digitally created using Macromedia Freehand MX and printed by the artist on acid-free archival Canon Paper, using Canon Pixma Chromalite 100 light-fast inks. Font used: Canaara.

Each book is hand bound (glued and top sewn) in Soft Touch Leatherette by Graphic Craft in Cape Town and presented in a black velvet (with a silver satin lining) bag with a Cold Sweat logo machine embroidered onto the front of each bag. The books are numbered and contain prints from an original limited edition print run of 25 prints. Editions 6/25 to 10/25 were taken out of the original edition to made up these books.

This book contains the print series 10/25.

The shape is: round book.

Exhibition notes:
Item 0237 - C6c ZA on Booknesses: Artists' books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection.

UJ Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg

25 March to 5 May 2017

Ref: GB/12260



















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