ARTIST: Michael Bartalos
IMPRINT COORDINATOR: Katherine Case
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29 Degrees North (2005)
Edition of 29; 6 pages
Letterpress printed; 2 color, fully illustrated
Dimensions: 15 1/4 in. x 16 1/8 in. x 1 in. {closed}; pages unfold to a length of 7 feet
Accordion folded pages inside a custom clamshell box with printed belly band closure
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The 29th parallel north is the circle of latitude shared by six destinations depicted in this artist's travelogue. The images progress from Mexico to Morocco, India, China, and Japan from west to east before terminating in Hawaii. Illustrations and book format designed by Michael Bartalos. The two-color iconic images extend over an accordion-fold structure that can be unfolded in an attractive display.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Michael Bartalos attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Pratt Institute. Best known as an illustrator, Bartalos works extensively in the graphic arts in the U.S., Europe and Japan. His fine art work includes limited print editions, artist's books and sculptural assemblages. Bartalos has created limited book editions with New York's Purgatory Pie Press, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, where he served as an artist in residence, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. He lives and works in San Francisco.