Snatch #1
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36-page paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations on wove paper, with front cover in full color
Dimensions
sheet: 17.78 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.) open: 17.78 × 25.4 cm (7 × 10 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2014.126.126
Art Historical Context
**Snatch #1 (1968)** invites visitors into the raw, subversive world of underground comix, a pivotal countercultural phenomenon of the late 1960s. Created by underground legends Robert Crumb and S. Clay Wilson alongside various artists, and published by Apex Novelt, this 36-page volume measures a compact 7 × 5 inches when closed, opening to 7 × 10 inches. Its medium—half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations on wove paper, with a vibrant full-color front cover—emplifies the DIY printing techniques that democratized bold, unfiltered expression during an era of social upheaval. Offset lithog...