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Curtis Census

10 Tuesday Apr 2018

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American Indians, copper plates, Curtis Census, drawing, Edward Curtis, etchings, ethnography, field notes, French Impressionists, glass negative, glass positive, gravures, gum prints, handpress, J. Willard Marriott Library, Japanese handmade silk tissues, Mississippi, negatives, nineteenth century, painting, papers, photographer, photogravures, Pictorialism, platinotypes, printing process, rare books, rice paper, Scott Beadles, Seattle, sepia inks, Tim Greyhavens, Tissue, Van Gelder, vellum, watermark

Rare Books is pleased to announce the launch of the Curtis Census, a website produced by Tim Greyhavens for the global community. The J. Willard Marriott Library is one of the institutions that holds an entire set of Edward Curtis’ The North American Indian.

From Tim’s website: “Published by Edward Curtis from 1907 to 1930, The North American Indian was planned to be a limited edition of 500 sets. Due to the extremely high cost of the publication and the prolonged publication cycle, it’s thought that no more than 300 complete or partial sets were finally printed. This census will determine, as accurately as possible, the actual number of complete or partial sets that were printed and their present locations…Although The North American Indian is one of the great publications of all time, there is no definitive answer about how many sets were originally published. Curtis did not keep a master subscription list, and different documentation about the project provides conflicting information.”

Congratulations, Tim, on a great project.

Click here for the website’s biography of Edward Curtis. Curtis was born in 1868. 2018 is the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Click here for the website’s excellent article on Curtis’s The North American Indian.

Visit Rare Books to look at this remarkable set of photogravures.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
Seattle, WA: E. S. Curtis, 1907-30
E77 C97

A collection of 2,232 photogravures of American Indians taken between 1890 and 1930 and published between 1907 and 1930. A massive project, professional photographer Edward Curtis’ intention was to document every major tribe west of the Mississippi, portraying what he perceived to be a vanishing culture. While he was neither the first nor the last person to photograph the American Indian, he was surely the most prolific. His monumental publication presented to the public an extensive ethnographic study of numerous peoples.

The North American Indian consists of twenty portfolios of photogravures and twenty volumes of field notes bound with smaller gravures. A photogravure is made from a printing process utilizing a copper plate that is made from a glass positive which itself is made from a glass negative. The plate is hand wiped with sepia inks. Excess ink is removed and the plate is forced onto paper with a handpress, capturing all the etched details on the plate. The photogravure produces a soft, atmospheric appearance similar to that achieved by French Impressionist painters. This photographic process, along with drawing and painting on negatives, platinotypes and gum prints, was popular at the end of the nineteenth century. The movement, known as “Pictorialism” was a way for photographers to add personal vision and expression to their works.

The portfolio gravures were printed on three different papers, Van Gelder, a watermarked paper, Vellum, a rice paper, and Tissue, Japanese handmade silk tissues. Forty of the original sets were printed on Tissue, the rest equally split between Van Gelder and Vellum.

Images selected and scanned by Scott Beadles.

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Rare Books goes downstairs!

04 Friday Sep 2015

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accordion fold, Anita Wetzel, Ann Kalmbach, aquatint spit bite, Barbara Leoff Burge, Blue Heron Press, Book Arts Program, copper plates, Crane Giamo, drypoint, Emily Tipps, etching, Greek, Hilda Raz, Hudson Valley, Ian Godfrey, Italian Alcantara, J. Willard Marriott Library, Jocasta, Karen Kunc, Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts and Architecture Library, letterpress, Lincoln, Lori Spencer, Luise Poulton, Luke Leither, Lynda Sock, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Nancy W. Diessner, National Endowment for the Arts, Nebraska, New York, New York State Council of the Arts, Oedipus, Oracle, Paul Muhly, pop-up, rare books, Research Council, Romulus 11 point, Rosendale, Ryan Ninete, Shawangunk Mountains, Sophocles, Susan Elizabeth King, Tatana Kellner, tetraflexagon, The University of Utah, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Women's Studio Workshop

Rare Books joins forces with the Book Arts Program and the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library to curate an exhibition of the J. Willard Marriott Library’s holdings from the Women’s Studio Workshop.

Friday, September 4 through Saturday, November 25
Level 1 atrium, Level 1 wall cases
J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah
Curators: Crane Giamo, Ian Godfrey, Luke Leither, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Luise Poulton, Emily Tipps

Committed to developing an alternative space for artists to create new work and share skills, Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Anita Wetzel, and Barbara Leoff Burge founded the Women’s Studio Workshop in 1974. Public programming included a regular workshop series, as well as special programs that featured the work of women artists. The intention was to exhibit the work of women artists as well as provide professional experiences for the artists themselves.

Still going strong, Women’s Studio Workshop is housed in a historic building located in the foothills of the Hudson Valley’s Shawangunk Mountains. Artists can take workshops, rent the studios, schedule private instruction, or apply for artist residencies.

Rare Books featured work from the Women’s Studio Workshop in its 2009 exhibition, “The Feminine Touch: Women and the Work of the Book.”

N7433.4-K5-Q84a

Queen of Wands: a paper sculpture
Susan Elizabeth King (b. 1947)
Rosendale, NY: Women’s Studio Workshop; Santa Monica, CA: Paradise Press, 1993
N7433.4.K5 Q84 1993

Issued in clear plastic envelope with seal bearing title and author. Two cards are enclosed which bear publication information and instructions for operating. Paper construction uses the tetra-tetraflexagon form. Printed offset by Paul Muhly.

PS3568-A97-T78-1998

Truly Bone: poems
Hilda Raz
Rosendale, NY: Women’s Studio Workshop; Lincoln, NE: Blue Heron Press, 1998
PS3568 A97 T78 1998

Two attached sheets, folded accordion style into twenty pages attached front and back to tan-colored endpapers. Sheets and endpapers are within tan and beige-colored wrappers with flaps. Text is letterpress printed in black typeface. The type is Romulus 11 point. Images are etching, aquatint spit bite, and drypoint from multiple copper plates using sixteen colors. The paper is cream Italian Alcantara. The production of this book was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Research Council, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Book production by Karen Kunc with the help of interns Ryan Ninete and Lynda Sock. Edition of fifty copies, signed by the poet and Karen Kunc. University of Utah copy is no. 47.


Shared Memories
Lori Spencer
New York: Women’s Studio Workshop, 1998
N7433.4.S691 S53 1998

Short prose pieces on a simple pop-up structure. Illustrated with photographic images. Handbound and issued in paper slipcase. Edition of 90 copies. University of Utah copy is no. 30, signed by author.

N7433.4-D535-B6-2001-FoldOutImage-180

A Book of Myths and Fates
Nancy W. Diessner
N7433.4.D535 B6 2001

New York?: Women’s Studio Workshop, 2001
Inspired by three characters in Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex. The Oracle, Jocasta, and Oedipus correspond respectively to the spiritual, sensual and intellectual elements of the human experience. Three sections illustrate each state. In each section, the pages fold out from a central pair of black and white images. Digitally printed. Bound with a soft, wrap-around cover. Edition of eighty copies. University of Utah copy is no. 26.

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