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I Had a Blueprint of History

Item date(s): 2012

Tom Sleigh  - (poem by)
Lesley Dill  - (book artist)
Paul Wong  - (papermaker)
Peter Kruty  - (bookbinding by)
Sayre Gaydon  - (collaborator)
Susan Gosin  - (collaborator)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 476mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist and the poet.
Edition: #3/30


Place publication: New York
Publisher: Dieu Donne Papermill and Peter Kruty Editions

Additional notes:
Screwpost binding. Housed in an indentation in a decorated flip-top container with the full text of the poem printed on the bottom.

Lesley Dill created watermark and letterpress images for "I had a Blueprint of History" , based on the poem "Blueprint" by Tom Sleigh. Paul Wong fabricated the cotton and abaca watermarks and other custom paper at Dieu Donne Papermill. Peter Kruty, Sayre Gaydon and Susan Gosin collaborated with Lesley Dill on page and book design.

Peter Kruty hand printed and bound the edition of 30 copies and 10 proof copies.

Exhibition notes:
Exhibition: ‘Celebrating one hundred years: The rise and development of the artists book over the last 100 years.’, Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg. April 1st, 2022, to June 3rd 2022.

Ref: GB/13498



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