Print Mint Catalogue, Spring 1974
1975
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48-page paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.31 × 19.05 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.) open: 27.31 × 38.1 cm (10 3/4 × 15 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2014.126.176
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1970s counterculture with the *Print Mint Catalogue, Spring 1974*, a 48-page paperback volume published in 1975. Produced by The Print Mint, a pioneering San Francisco publisher central to the underground comix and psychedelic poster scene, this catalogue served as a colorful marketplace for revolutionary art. Emerging from the Bay Area's hippie heyday, it showcased works by various artists who captured the era's rebellious spirit through bold graphics, satire, and social commentary. Crafted with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations in black ink on smoo...
About the Artist
Various Artists
"Various Artists" is not the pseudonym of a singular figure in art history but rather a cataloging convention employed by museums, auction houses, and galleries to attribute works created by multiple collaborators, anonymous makers, or participants in group projects. This term facilitates the documentation of collective endeavors where individual contributions blur or are intentionally undifferent...