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Varsha

Item date(s): 2012

Ranjani Sheetar


Pages: unpaged
Size: 287mm, oblong
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #27/150


Place publication: New York
Publisher: Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art

Additional notes:
Ranjani Shettar conceived this project and prepared th artwork in Karnataka, India; she proofed the prints and laser cut images in New York and New Jersey. The metal covers were made by the artist, in collaboration with the craftsman M. A. Rauf and his son Mohammed Abdul Bari in Bidar, Karnataka. Randy Hemminghaus edited the five solarplate etchings, the spit-bite etching, and the silkscreen print with Kristen Cavagnet, Nick Pilato, Sarika Sugla, and Jonathan Higgins, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Brad Ewing editioned the seven woodcut prints at The Grenfell Press, New York City. Jonathan Singer editioned the pigment print at Singer Editions, Boston. Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Brookston, Indiana, made paper especially for this project; the paper was laser cut by Tietz-Baccon in Brooklyn, New York. The graphic design for the accompanying brochure is by Leslie Miller, The Grenfell Press. Mark Tomlinson bound the metal covers and printed volume in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Anita Desai contributed an original essay for th project, published in the accompanying brochure along with poetry by Bhavabhuti and Rabindranath Tagore and the lyrics of a Kannada folk song.

The project was organized for The Museum of Modern Art by May Castleberry, Editor, Contemporary Editions.

Varsha is printed in a signed and numbered edition of 150 copies, including 25 copies reserved for the artist.

The binding is constructed from black steel plates hinged at the spine and inlaid with white flecks depicting the stars.

Housed in a handmade drop-back box covered in buckram with the text in a wrap-around folder in the base.

The accompanying brochure lists The Library Council of MoMA.

Ref: GB/13699







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