Doorway to Portuguese

1957

Not on view

Specimen of the use of photo-offset lithography as a creative medium, working directly with camera, plates and press. Printed at the Falcon Press

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Object Information

Overview

Title: Doorway to Portuguese
Designer: Aloisio Magalhaes (Brazilian, 1927–1975)
Printer: Eugene Feldman (American, 1921–1975)
Publisher: Falcon Press
Date: 1957
Geography: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium: Photo offset lithography
Dimensions: 22 unnumbered pages : (chiefly illustrations, some color) ; 8 1/2 × 10 7/8 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 27.6 × 1 cm)
Credit Line: Watson Library copy: Arthur K. Watson Gift
Object Number: NE2540 .M28 1957
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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