Imprinted Matter (2004)
“everybody leaves their trace…”
In 1894, four years after the death of Patrick Allan Fraser, an edition of 14 copies of The Book of Hospitalfield was privately printed. As a book of memorial, it speaks of a life, a death and a legacy. His estate was left for the ‘education in the Arts’ specifically to “those young men with not sufficient means of their own” to pursue careers as artists. Imprinted Matter is linked to The Book of Hospitalfield as a contemporary companion piece, by looking at how others left their mark on the house over the past century. Fourteen copies are believed to have been printed, so in the spirit of the original, Imprinted Matter is also an edition of fourteen.
IMPRINTED MATTER
Cream Buckram Book in Solander Box, Edition of 14
30 190gsm Bockingford pages
21 illustrations, full colour
Book: 21.5 cm wide x 28 cm height x 1.5 cm depth
Box: 23.5 cm wide x 31 cm height x 3 cm depth
Wild Pansy Press, Leeds 2004
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