Artworks · Edwin Schlossberg

From Here

2014 · Illustrated book with 44 digital prints with letterpress

page (each approx.): 11 1/4 × 14 1/4" (28.6 × 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Warm Memories

1981 · Color lithograph from one stone on dark gray wove paper

48.6 × 65.4 cm (19 3/16 × 25 3/4 in.)

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At First Light

1981 · Lithograph from one stone, in white ink, heightened with Liquid Crystal, on black wove paper

76 × 55.4 cm (29 15/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

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Reaches Relations

1981 · Lithograph from one stone, heightened with Liquid Crystal, on ivory wove paper

66.4 × 51.3 cm (26 3/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

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Edges Strengthen

1981 · Color lithograph from two stones, heightened with Liquid Crystal, on white wove paper

Sheet: 106.4 × 75.4 cm (41 15/16 × 29 11/16 in.)

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Fragments from a Place

1974 · Lithograph from two stones, printed in gray and black ink, on ivory wove paper

39 × 57.4 cm (15 3/8 × 22 5/8 in.)

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These Words, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph in black from six stones on six sheets of Plexiglas

Image: 23.1 × 18 cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Average of sheets: 28 × 20.4 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Magic of Saying, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on folded white wove paper

Image: 7.5 × 5.5 cm (3 × 2 3/16 in.); Folded sheet: 28.5 × 8.8 cm (11 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

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Looking Through, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on three sheets of acetate

Image: 6.3 × 7.9 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.); Average of sheets: 28.1 × 21.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

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In Finding Place, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on two sheets of coated white wove paper

Image: 13.1 × 14.8 cm (5 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Top sheet: 21.7 × 9.1 cm (8 9/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Lower sheet: 28.1 × 21.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Thoughts Lie, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph in white from four stones on four sheets of Plexiglas

Image: 20 × 18 cm (7 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Average of sheets: 28 × 20.3 cm (11 1/16 × 8 in.)

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In Each, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on folded white wove paper

Image: 14.9 × 5.6 cm (5 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.); Folded sheet: 28 × 18 cm (11 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

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In Thinking, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on two sheets of coated white wove paper

Image: 15.1 × 17.8 cm (6 × 7 1/16 in.); Top sheet: 28 × 4.9 cm (11 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Lower sheet: 28 × 21.7 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

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The Alphabet We Know, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on gray wove paper

Image: 23 × 19.5 cm (9 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 21.7 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

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In the Shadow, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Etching in white from one stone on black wove paper

Image: 15.2 × 24 cm (6 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 18.8 × 24.9 cm (7 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 21.7 × 27.8 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)

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Through, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph in black from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 17.9 × 17.1 cm (7 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Next to This Page, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress blind embossed on white wove paper

Image: 19.5 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

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Among the Words, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph from one stone and letterpress in black on white wove paper

Image: 11 × 23 cm (4 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 28.1 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Close to This Page, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress blind embossed on white wove paper

Image: 24.3 × 12.5 cm (9 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Open Page, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress blind embossed on aluminum foil

Image: 17.1 × 13.8 cm (6 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Poem for Jasper, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on aluminum foil

Image: 17.9 × 9.5 cm (7 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Clarity, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress blind embossed on five sheets of white wove paper

Average of sheets: 21.5 × 28 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Preface, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in red and blind embossing from one plate on ivory wove paper, folded

Image: 27 × 36.2 cm (10 11/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Unfolded sheet: 28.1 × 43.1 cm (11 1/8 × 17 in.)

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Alphabet, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph in black from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 23 × 21.7 cm (9 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 21.8 cm (11 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

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Colophon page, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper, folded

Unfolded sheet: 28 × 43.2 cm (11 1/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

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Title Folder, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Lithograph on brown laid paper

30.4 × 50.5 cm (12 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Folio box, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Aluminum portfolio box for an unbound book of 17 poem pages, a title page, folder, and preface page

Box: 31.2 × 23.5 × 5 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 × 2 in.)

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Title Page, from Wordswordswords

1967 · Letterpress in gray on white wove paper, folded

Image: 0.6 × 23.1 cm (1/4 × 9 1/8 in.); Folded sheet: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

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