Promethean Enterprises #3
1971
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68-page paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations on wove paper, with cover in red and black
Dimensions
sheet: 27.62 × 21.59 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.) open: 27.62 × 43.18 cm (10 7/8 × 17 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2014.126.101
Art Historical Context
**Promethean Enterprises #** (1971) is a example of collaborative print culture from the early 1970s, featuring contributions from various artists. This 68-page paperback volume bound with a striking red and black cover, 10⅞ × 8½ inches when closed and opens to 10⅞ × 17 inches. Produced on wove paper, showcases half-tone and offset lithograph—techniques that enabled affordable, high-quality reproduction of intricate artwork, bridging fine art and mass media during a time of experimental publishing. As a classified "volume" in the National Gallery of Art's CG-W department, this work reflects t...
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...