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accordion, banker, Claire Van Vliet, Eystein Hanche-Olsen, Gold Elephant Hide, Janus Press, Joe Public, letterpress, lithographs, lobbyist, Marriott Library, Olso, propaganda, University of Utah, Vermont, Zerkall Butten
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Vermont: Janus Press, 2013
N7433.4 V37 G74 2013
Printed on eight leaves connected laterally and folded accordion style to form a continuous strip which is affixed to the cover. Four of the leaves are illustrated with Claire Van Vliet’s black and white lithographs of distorted faces: a propagandist, a lobbyist, a banker and Joe Public. The four folded leaves feature text in various types and color. Handset and letterpress printed by Eystein Hanche-Olsen at SKHS in Oslo on Zerkall Butten paper. Bound and slipcased in Gold Elephant Hide paper. Edition of one hundred and fifty copies, according to the colophon. An accompanying note indicated an edition of one hundred and twenty copies. University of Utah copy is inscribed “for the Marriott Library, Claire Van Vliet.”
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