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Rights Notes
2000
Description
Scope/Content: "This book is printed in a limited edition of one hundred copies with ten artist's proofs. Each book is numbered and signed by C. David Thomas and Charles Fenn. All pages are printed on Vietnamese Do (mulberry) paper handmade in Dong O Village in northern Vietnam. The images are printed from a Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 970Cse. The text is printed letterpress in Monotype Bembo by Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine. Each book is presented in a lacquer box handmade by craftsmen in Thanh Tri Village near Hanoi ... The lacquer box is contained in a handmade silk slipcover, also made in Vietnam. The silk was handwoven in Van Phuc Village near Hanoi"--Colophon. Scope/Content: "Incorporates passages from a fictional "diary" [of H̀ô Chí Minh] ... based on historical documents ... Also included are passages from Prison diary, a collection of poems written by H̀ô Chí Minh while he was in prison"--page 13.
Type
physical object
Format
113 leaves
Form/Genre
Artists' books--20th century Mulberry fibers--20th century Digital prints--20th century mulberry paper lacquerware hand weaving silk (silkworm material)
Extent
30 x 33 cm
Identifier
ark:/87280/t0f769gk DS560.72.H6
Subject
political art imprisonment Hồ, Chí Minh, 1890-1969 Thomas, C. David Fenn, Charles, Captain
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