Cradle of Civilization
Published: 2011
Primitive Press
Primitive Press
An artist's book in the form of a concertina-folded sheet which must be unfolded to be viewed in its entirety. The sheet is secured at one end to and folded into a gray paper cover with a printed green spine.
Inkjet printed using archival inks on enhanced matte paper.
"[This book features] imagery from various sources including iconic war images from Viet Nam, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, movie posters, and Carnival in Rio, while Fred Astaire and Ronald and Nancy Reagan dance in and out of the scroll. Text from the Lao Tzu's [i.e. Sun-tzu's] Art of War is juxtaposed over and around the images"--Artist's statement on Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website, viewed June 12, 2013.
Title
Cradle of Civilization
Creator
Contributor
Publisher
Primitive Press
Date
Published: 2011
Copyright: 1993
Description
An artist's book in the form of a concertina-folded sheet which must be unfolded to be viewed in its entirety. The sheet is secured at one end to and folded into a gray paper cover with a printed green spine.
Inkjet printed using archival inks on enhanced matte paper.
"[This book features] imagery from various sources including iconic war images from Viet Nam, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, movie posters, and Carnival in Rio, while Fred Astaire and Ronald and Nancy Reagan dance in and out of the scroll. Text from the Lao Tzu's [i.e. Sun-tzu's] Art of War is juxtaposed over and around the images"--Artist's statement on Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website, viewed June 12, 2013.
Inkjet printed using archival inks on enhanced matte paper.
"[This book features] imagery from various sources including iconic war images from Viet Nam, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, movie posters, and Carnival in Rio, while Fred Astaire and Ronald and Nancy Reagan dance in and out of the scroll. Text from the Lao Tzu's [i.e. Sun-tzu's] Art of War is juxtaposed over and around the images"--Artist's statement on Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website, viewed June 12, 2013.
Rights
Courtesy of the artist
Format
Artists' books--Arkansas
Accordion fold format
Source
Vanderbilt University Special Collections, Southern Civilization Collection
Files
Collection
Citation
Peven, Michael, “Cradle of Civilization,” Gallery, accessed September 2, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1241.