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Martha Carothers blurs the line between design and fine
art through her formal approach to treatment of text. Captial Letters extracts texts from the writings of Beatrice Warde and Bradbury Thompson, both significant figures in the history of 20th-century graphic design. "While this new technology is exciting, I have found it to be not totally satisfying. I need to experience the surface/tactile quality that the five hundred year technology of letterpress printing provides," says Carothers.

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Martha Carothers
Capital Letters 1992
artists' book: laser print, cloth-covered boards
8 1/2" x 7" x 1/2" (each, unframed)
courtesy of the artist


Neuberger Museum of Art
20 September 1998 - 31 January 1999