Notes
Released simultaneously with the standard edition monograph
Publisher Note
Produced in a similar fashion to Corita Kent’s Damn Everything but the Circus, originally released in 1970, International Signal Code Alphabet Special Edition is presented within a commemorative boxset containing all 26 letters, reproduced now as fine art prints. Limited release of 100 copies.
About the book:
International Signal Code Alphabet by Corita Kent, produced in collaboration with the Corita Art Center.
Radical American artist, educator and once-devout Catholic nun, Sister Mary Corita Kent’s provocative serigraphy has entranced audiences for over four decades. Originally completed in 1968, Kent’s Signal Code Alphabet, encompasses a series of 26 kaleidoscopic serigraphs integrating scripture, typography, image, icon, and the maritime flags of the International Code of Signals. As 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of both the series’ completion, and the centennial of Kent’s birth, this celebratory publication reproduces Kent’s International Signal Code Alphabet for the very first time in fine art monograph format.
An introduction is authored by Corita Art Center Director, Dr. Ray Smith, accompanied by a foreword authored by Kent scholar, artist & curator Aaron Rose.
Corita Kent
International Signal Code Alphabet
— Special Edition Box Set
edited by Pascale Georgiev, Kingston Trinder
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Release Place | Los Angeles, CA, United States of America |
Edition | 1st original edition |
Release Date | May 2018 |
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Printrun | 100 |
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ISBN-13:
978-0-9975935-6-3
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Original Price | 175.00 USD |
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Subform | Box Set |
Style/Movement | Pop Art, Serigraphy Design |
Topics | Activism, Design, Religion |
Methods | Illustration, Photography, Writing |
References | See Standard Edition International Signal Code Alphabet |
Language | English |
Work Creation Date | 1968 |
Object | Book |
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Format | Hardcover |
Binding | Layflat Sewn Binding, Cloth Case Bound |
Dimensions | 9.7 × 13.7 × 1.1 inch |
Individual Sections | 2 |
Interior | |
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Pages | 80, paginated |
Content | Image Plates, Text, Archival Photographs |
Color | 8, cmyk+PMS red, blue, yellow, black |
Material | Munken Lynx Rough |
Technique | Offset |
Interior Notes | Standard Edition Book included |
Exterior | |
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Material | Cloth over 3mm board |
Packing | |
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Material | Cloth over 3mm board |
Technique | Silkprint |
Packing Notes | Box Set Exterior - Hard Sleeve. |
Section 1 | |
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Pages | 26, sheets |
Content | Envelope with 26 Artwork reproductions in spot colours + 1 commemorative card |
Color | 4, PMS red, blue, yellow, black |
Material | Modigliani Paper |
Technique | Offset |
Section Notes | Rare reproductions of the entire series, produced in a similar manner to her Damn Everything but the Circus book + prints of 1970. |
Web references
Corita Art Center