Nansens' pastport
by Anneli Skaar
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The cased set comprises a portfolio containing an engraved map ("Carta borealis") by the artist and a facsimile bronze copy of Nansen's Nobel Peace Prize medal; a vellum sheet containing an artist's statement; and "Nansen's pastport," a volume illustrated with climate change scenes and containing excerpts from Nansen's Nobel Peace Prize lecture ("The suffering people of Europe," 1922) and designed to emulate a United States passport.
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Title from volume cover.
"Sixty copies of Nansen's pastport were printed in the winter of 2020. The book was conceived, designed and illustrated by Anneli Skaar. The cyanotypes were printed by Sal Taylor Kydd on Zerkall. The etching of the map was printed from the copper plate by Wingate Studio on Rives BFK. Letter press is by Art Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. The edition was bound and boxed by Amy Borezo with North Atlantic salmon leather, and nylon life jacket fabrick."--Colophon,
"Copies 1-15 [errata correction: copies 1-20] contain an additional print of the map on somerset Satin and a bronze Nobel Peace Prize medal, melted by the artist and cast by Bog Bronze."--Colophon.
Errata slip laid in.
20 deluxe copies with additional etching and melted Nobel medal.
Rare Book copy: No. 11 of the deluxe copies
Housed collectively in a solander case with a copy of the map mounted inside the uppper case lid.
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