Gouaches, Cut Paper, and Drawings, 1981
MC 81
20 items
About Lancy Hidy
Lance Hidy, freelance designer of posters and books and co- founder of the Godine Press, was born in Oregon in 1946. He studied art at Yale and has become known for his silk screen posters. Hidy lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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About the Collection
This collection consists of the preliminary studies by Lance Hidy for his League of New Hampshire Craftsmen poster. It includes gouaches, cut paper, and drawings, plus 4 printed versions of the poster.
Folder Listing
| f.1 | One-paragraph statement by Hidy, signed and dated 4/11/85, describing the studies |
| f.1a | Gouache, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inch, pumpkin-colored spinning wheel |
| f.2 | Gouache, 11 3/8 x 7 1/4 inch, pale yellow-orange spinning wheel |
| f.3 | Cut paper, 36 x 23 inch, red spinning wheel |
| f.4 | Cut paper, 24 3/4 x 17 3/4 inch, designs on both sides, blue spinning wheel on one side, purple on the other side |
| f.5 | Cut paper, figure and wheel, not attached to background, with orange wheel [same size as f.4] |
| f.6 | Cut paper, 23 x 13 inch, black wheel on pale orange paper |
| f.7 | Cut paper, 11 1/2 x 7 1/8 inch, earth green wheel |
| f.8 | Drawing, 10 1/8 x 7 1/8 inch, pencil on tracing paper, torn in upper left |
| f.9 | Drawing, 17 x 11 1/4 inch, ink on one side, pencil on the other |
| f.10 | Drawing, 26 x 17 inch, pencil and red ink on heavy tracing vellum |
| f.11 | Drawing, 34 x 24 inch, pencil on white paper, both sides, heavy wheel |
| f.12 | Drawing, 35 x 24 inch, pencil on white paper, final version with wheel trimmed down |
| f.13 | Drawing, 34 1/2 x 23 3/4 inch, ink on frosted mylar, key line master for printer to use in cutting masks |
| f.14 | Drawing, 23 x 4 inch, rough drawing of lettering, ink outline on white paper |
| f.15 | Final printing, 36 x 23 inch, gouache on paper |
| f.16 | Final printing, 11 x 8 1/2 inch, color swatches for mixing silk screen inks |
| f.17 | Printed version of the poster, limited edition silk screen Number 76 of 200. Signed by the artist |
| f.18 | Printed version of the poster, unlimited edition silk screen, smaller margins than the limited edition |
| f.19 | Printed version of the poster, offset facsimile, solid colors, published by Alphabet Press, Natick, Mass. |
| f.20 | Printed version of the poster, postal card |