Chris Cook: Black Lives Matter

 "Black Lives Matter" is 364 pages, trim size of 11.5 x 13.6 inches, with 159 plates. The text is printed on 200gsm Magno Satin coated stock. The endpapers are 170gsm Sirio black uncoated stock. "Black Lives Matter" is Smyth-sewn, with endpapers, hardbound with a square spine, with 4mm board covered with Brillianta cloth, with one-color foil stamping on the front and spine, head and tail bands, and jacketing with French folds. The slipcase is made of a 3.75mm board covered with Brillianta cloth, lined with 120gsm black Sirio uncoated stock, with one-color foil on the front and spine.

 

This publication is a closed, 250 limited edition that was published by Valentine New York Publishing, a division of Valentine New York. The monograph has been purchased by the following institutions:

 

• British Library, North American Collections (UK)
• Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library at Medgar Evers College
• Clark-Atlanta University
• Cornell University Library Special Collections
• Duke University's Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• Florida International University, Special Collections
• Georgetown University Library, Special Collections
• Met Museum — The Thomas J. Watson Library
• Morehouse College
• National Gallery of Art Library
• National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian
• Newark Public Library, Special Collections
• New York University Library Special Collections
• Pratt Institute, Special Collections
• Princeton University Special Collections
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University Special Collections
• Spelman College
• The Ohio State University, Special Collections
• The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• The University of British Columbia Library, Special Collections (Canada)
• The University of Pennsylvania Special Collections
• The University of Pretoria, Special Collections (South Africa)
• The University of Toronto, Fisher Library, Special Collections (Canada)
• The University of Washington, Special Collections
• University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
• University of the Virgin Islands, Special Collections (The Caribbean) 
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Special Collections
• Whitney Museum — Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
  
• Yale University, Special Collections

Price available upon request by emailing us at pr@welancoragallery.com. 

 

If you would like to read more on this publication, please visit Chris Cook's website here.