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This is 17 of the 20 prints that comprised the IBM® Suite, a commission I received in 1975 for a new office building being constructed by IBM in Roanoke, VA. The prints were either 20"x26" or 26"x40", printed on very heavy and glossy cover stock. I would never recommend thie combination of gloss paper and gloss enamel screen-printing ink. The images were vivid and distinctive, but the technical problems were immense. Twenty-five of each image were produced from hand-cut stencils. Cutting these stencils caused the loss of many nights of sleep. The results, when framed and hung in the modern building, were worth the headaches, though.

The story of this commission was well-reported in The Roanoke Times Art Section on February 15, 1976. Here is the article in full reprinted with permission.

     

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