Fire Engine Red / Gross, Roni., 1995

Item — Box: 619

Identifier: CC-10629-10838

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Scope and Contents

This book commemorating Valentine's Day 1995, consists of randomly arranged phrases containing the word, red, which is omitted and marked with an underlined space. A red pencil is provided in the base to allow writing this missing word. The transluce pages that fold over each other were printed with a laser from a MacIntosh computer. The ink drawings in black ink depicting red colored fruits (apple, strawberry, etc.) on the covers were printed letterpress at the Center for Book Arts, NYC. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

Creation: 1995

Creator

Gross, Roni, 1955- (Person)

Extent

1 item : 1 soft cover book (unconventionally shaped), translucent paper, laser generated) + object (pencil) (8 pages) in artist folder (letterpress, unconventionally shaped, cardboard base) + artist envelope (stitched, pap ; 13 x 13 x 1 cm (book), 14 x 15 x 1.1 cm (envelope)