Peter Koch Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC1232

No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The Peter Koch collection consists of prints both small and large, from postcards to broadsides. From business cards to album artwork. This is a sample/portrait of Koch's fine press printing. His specialty in designing and publishing limited edition artist books, broadsides, portfolios, and text transmission objects. Some of the broadsides and pieces of ephemera are signed by Koch. The ephemeral collection is organized by date ranges and will have a folder number.

Dates

Creation: 1975-2022

Creator

Koch, Peter, 1943- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for other collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner.  Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit the Special Collections and Archives website.

Biographical / Historical

Peter Rutledge Koch is a Bay Area (San Francisco) designer and letter press printer of limited-edition books, portfolios, and broadsides since 1974. Koch is known to be one of the "typographic designer of his generation."