Original Signed Lance Hidy Poster c.1980

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"Carolyn Reading". An original six color silkscreen print on archival paper with permanent pigments. Signed by artist and numbered … Read more ABOUT

"Carolyn Reading". An original six color silkscreen print on archival paper with permanent pigments. Signed by artist and numbered 400/450.

CREATOR Artist: Lance Hidy (b.1946). Godine Publisher.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1980.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Archival Paper, Silkscreen.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS Sheet: H 29 in. W 21 in., Image: H 25 in. W 18 in.

HISTORY

Lance Hidy is a graphic artist and educator, primarily specializing in the design of posters, photography books, and corporate branding. Hidy also created the Penumbra typeface family for Adobe, and designed three U. S. postage stamps. After being chosen by Ansel Adams to design the landmark book, Yosemite and the Range of Light (1979), Hidy continues to design the official books for the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, and Little, Brown and Company, publishers. After a two-year stint as art director for the Harvard Business Review, Hidy turned to education. He worked twenty-one years, part-time, at Northern Essex Community College, teaching design and photography, then specializing in accessible media and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Hidy’s writing on design has been widely published in books and journals. See less