Description
The original version of Muscle Cars, Rat Rods and American Girls was a one-of-a-kind altered book. That book was created from a vintage 1968 Chrysler Motors car sales brochure, collaged with reproduced images of pin-up girls from 1940-50’s girlie magazines such as Beauty Parade, Wink, Eyeful, Titter and Flirt. The text is a series of 32 existential questions (some whimsical, all serious) posed by the artist and her cheesecake ladies: “Are you defined by the things you want, or the things you need?” These copies are part of a commercially-printed unnumbered limited edition of 30, each housed in a yellow vellum envelope. Tucked into each limited edition copy is a vintage automobile postcard collaged by the artist in her “Rat Rods” cheesecake style. Each postcard is unique and is signed and dated by the artist.
Additional Information
| Title | Muscle Cars, Rat Rods and American Girls |
| Subtitle | Thirty-Two Existential Questions |
| Artist/Creator | Lynn Skordal |
| Place of Publication | Mercer Island, WA |
| Printing/ Reproduction Process | Full Color digital, commercially printed by Girlie Press, Inc., Seattle, WA |
| Number of Images/ Illustrations | 44 collage illustrations |
| Book Structure/ Binding Method | Soft-cover, saddlestitched pamplet-style |
| Medium/ Materials | Each copy of the book includes an original collaged vintage auto postcard which is signed & dated |
| Paper Stock | Nekoosa Gloss Digital (100# & 80#) |
| Number of Pages | 42 pages + cover |
| Dimensions (WxH) or (WxHxD) | 9 x 9 x .25 inches |
| Publication Date | 2015 |
| Edition Size | Edition of 30 |
| Box/ Wrapper | Packaged in 9.5 x 9.5 inch vellum envelope |
| Signed and Numbered? | Unsigned |
