Fifty Years exhibition, correspondence & papers
MS. Gehenna Press c. 9
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Fifty Years exhibition, correspondence & papers
Shelfmark
MS. Gehenna Press c. 9
Summary
Exhibition preliminaries, including:
(fols. 1-57) Proposal, exhibition contents lists, insurance and transportation arrangements, c. 1989-92
(fols. 58-130) Exhibition labels, c. 1992
(fols. 131-56) Mounting lists, c. 1989-92
Fifty Years venues (in order of hosting according to the exhibition catalogue: the Library of Congress hosted a special exhibition called 'Caprices & Grotesques'):
(fols. 157-98) Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, 1990-2
(fols. 199-215) Grolier Club, New York City, 1992
(fols. 216-47) University of Delaware, 1991-3
(fol. 248) Carnegie Mellon University, 1993
(fols. 249-55) Emory University, 1993
(fols. 256-60) Princeton University, 1992-4
(fols. 261-378) 'Caprices, Grotesques & Homages', the special exhibition at the Library of Congress, 1993-4
(fols. 379-83) Beinecke Library, Yale University, 1993-4
Exhibition lectures:
(fols. 384-474) Drafts of Leonard Baskin's lecture 'Impulsions to Print', given at Fifty Years exhibition venues including Delaware and the Library of Congress, 1987-96
(fols. 475-8) Draft of Leonard Baskin's talk or article 'A Note in re The Gehenna Press', 1994
Date
1987, 1989-94, 1996
Language
English
Physical extent
479 Leaves
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Collection contents
Gehenna Press Exhibitions
Fifty Years exhibition
Fifty Years exhibition, correspondence & papers
