Alfred Leslie, Kenneth Koch, and others
Permanently
1959
Scroll
- Artist: Alfred Leslie
- Author: Kenneth Koch
- Publisher: Tiber Press
- Printer (prints): Floriano Vecchi
- Printer (text): Bruder Hartmann
Permanently
1959
Physical Qualities
Bound volume with five color screenprints (including image on the cover and title page) and text, Bookcover: 453 x 363 mm.; slipcover: 463 x 370 mm.
Credit Line
Gift of Floriano Vecchi, New York, in Memory of William Richard Miller
Object Number
1991.52
One of a four volume set dedicated to William Richard Miller.
According to Riva Castleman, Alfred Leslie worked on his prints in 1957: "He wanted his prints to evoke the texture of his then current work in collage. Vecchi showed him how to affix his cut and torn papers to the screens, which then stopped out the paint that was squeegeed through them. The liquid of the paint soaked the pieces of paper, fixing them to the screen, resulting in the kinds of edges impossible to replicate otherwise. In this way, Leslie obtained the printed effect of shaped paper by using it." (Riva Castleman, "Floriano Vecchi and the Tiber Press," in "Print Quarterly" (Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2004), p. 137.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Markings: None
