The Great Lakes of North America
By: Laura Brown
Contributors: Women's Studio Workshop; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Women's Studio Workshop
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Rosendale, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781893125827
Subjects: Artists' books; Pictorial works; History
Description: "Exploring geography, cartography, history, and travel, The Great Lakes of North America is a visual examination of the Great Lakes region. Using layers of color reminiscent of a 1960's school textbook, maps of the Lakes are rearranged and layered with routes traveled by French explorers, freight ships, and the artist's own family."--Women's Studio Workshop website.
Notes: "Exploring geography, cartography, history, and travel, The Great Lakes of North America is a visual examination of the Great Lakes region. Using layers of color reminiscent of a 1960's school textbook, maps of the Lakes are rearranged and layered with routes traveled by French explorers, freight ships, and the artist's own family."--Women's Studio Worksthop website, http://www.wsworkshop.org/ , viewed on July 26, 2012.

Issued in an edition of 50 copies, signed by the artist.

" ... is printed on Revere Suede paper with covers made from Fabriano Elle Erre. The images are screen prints, polymer relief and wood blocks printed on a #3 Vandercook letterpress."--Colophon.

Printing method: letterpress, screen print and woodcut.

Pamphlet bound, codex structure.

LC has copy no. 29.

Description and digital images of this object available on the Women's Studio Workshop Archive website: http://wsworkshop.org/archive_item.php?ID=3162