Unattainable Beauty (Deluxe)
Unattainable Beauty is a set of five signed and numbered relief prints. Each has been pressed into a specially manufactured handmade paper and and the set comes in an elaborate box of aluminum, steel, and rubber. The case has been laser-cut with Gary’s signature and contains the accordion-style rubber pages which frame the prints.
The edition is also available in a “Simple” version.
- The Edition
- Edition of 30
- 10 Artist’s proofs
- 19 Studio proofs
- 1 Bon à tirer
- Year of release: 2003
- The Box Exterior
- Aluminum box with welded and ground corners
- Baseman logo is laser cut out of the lid revealing the interior flap
- The finish is a protective powder coat
- Inside the Box
- The aluminum flap seen through the lid is hinged to the box base and is powder coated bright red with a yellow silk screened illustration and blue silk screened lettering
- The box interior is also powder coated
- The Accordion Print Holder
- Accordion is adhered to the flap and unfolds when the flap is lifted
- Accordion is made of unique black coated paper
- Each spread has a silver foil stamped title and Baseman quote
- The last spread has an additional foil stamped original illustration
- The Prints
- 6˝ × 8˝
- Hand pressed images made from Gary’s five original drawings
- Thick handmade paper by Twinrocker of Indiana
- Custom blue ink
- The Colophon
- Biographies of Gary Baseman, Brad Keech, and Pressure Printing
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Printed on the back is yet another original illustration