Theodora Press ~ Illinois
(Teresa Pankratz)

La Trilogia Romantico
By Teresa Pankratz
Chicago, Illinois: Theodora Press, 2007. Edition of 5.

Box: 8.125 x 4.75 x 1.875". Envelopes: 7 x 4.125". Tunnel books: 6.5 x 7" closed. Aquatints printed on Rives heavyweight. An etched softground printed on Bugra is used as the decorative paper for the envelopes and boxes.Three tunnel books, each wrapped in individual paper envelope with a ribbon tie. All housed in cloth covered box.

Teresa Pankratz: "La Trilogia Romantica: Un Diario di Viaggio con le Ali del Suo Cuore, which translates, loosely, Romantic Trilogy: A Travel Journal of Her Winged Heart was first conceived as a single print. It expanded into a trilogy of tunnel books that depict the artist's visual journey to the cities of Florence, Rome, and Venice."
$1,500

Bird Man
By Teresa Pankratz
1988. Edition of 10.

5 x 5.5";12 pages. Accordion-style structure. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with marbled end papers. Inset panels of etchings with text . Mounted on blue Kuzuryu paper. Signed by the artist.

Five drawings with accompanying text.
$125

    This man is a bird man.
           He began to fly at six
                  practicing the twist
                             up in his room.