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Lance Hidy Archive, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Poster

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

BOX 1
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

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