Title | Newark 1967 |
Subtitle | A Narrative in Black and White |
Artist / Creator | Maureen Cummins |
Press Name | Maureen Cummins |
Artist's Nationality | United States |
Place of Publication | Bearsville, NY |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Contributors | Kathleen McMillan, Lisa Hersey |
Process / Technique | Silkscreen |
Number of Images | 12 |
Structure / Binding | Hinged boards |
Medium / Materials | Archival graphic board, Japanese cloth hinges |
Paper Stock | Graphic board |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Dimensions (WxHxD) | 12 x 10 x 1 inches |
Edition Size | Limited edition of 30 |
Box / Wrapper | Box made of silkscreen-printed archival Davey board |
Signed & Numbered | Signed & Numbered Edition |
Newark 1967 by Maureen Cummins
$2,500.00
Newark 1967 juxtaposes press photographs from the event known as the Newark Riots with family photographs taken at the time to explore the experience of domestic unrest.
Artist Bio
Maureen Cummins has cranked presses from California to the Eastern Arctic and produced over 40 limited edition artist books. Her books are based on subject matter as diverse as slave narratives, the Salem Witch Trials, turn of the century gay love letters, and records from McLean Hospital, the oldest psychiatric hospital in the United States. As part of Swarthmore College’s Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary project, she was one of five artists working with Syrian and Iraqi refugees to tell their stories. Cummins is represented in over one hundred permanent public collections and has received over a dozen grants and funded residencies, including a Pollock-Krasner award. She currently lives and works in Mt. Tremper, N.Y.