Another Normal Conception Portfolio
This portfolio was created during a two-week color lithography workshop organized by James D. Butler and Richard D. Finch at Illinois State University.
Thirty participants from the United States and Canada created work for the portfolio in the last week of May and the first week of June in 1980.
Prints Included in the Exhibition
Normal Cowboys Singing the Old Gray Matter She Ain't What She Used to Be
Lawrence P. Anderson
two-color lithograph
27" x 21"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Dusty Day Dawning
Matthew Blais
seven-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
The Yellow Hat from the Life of Rembrandt
Harold Boyd
three-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Silent Histories / Mementos
Myrna Burks
multi-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Silver, Back to Back
James D. Butler
multicolor lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Forest Fire
Rodney Carswell
multi-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
A Tin Heart and a Basic Unwillingness to Comprehend
Cory Dawson-Tibbits
three-color lithograph
27" x 21"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Marker
Gary Day
seven-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Curse the Lesson, Bless the Knowledge
Stuart Dayton
five-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
In a merely domestic view
Richard Finch
two-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Tiger Meets Calico
Elizabeth Forrest
three-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Cancellation III
Raymond E. George
multi-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Well of course you can write the plot
Bill Greiner
four-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Don't Cut Me Off
William R. Gross
multi-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
End of My Line
Sue Hettmansperger
three-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Fractured and aglow
Mary Jane Ingram
four-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Cut Off
Anne-Marie Karlsen
eight-color lithograph
27" x 21"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Barbara
Thomas H. Majeski
five-color lithograph
27" x 21"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
L.A. in N.I. with C.I and Big Feets Rug
Lloyd R. Menard
five-color lithograph
27" x 21"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
untitled
Dan Miller
six-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Christopher's Dream
David L Ottinger
five-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Barb's Slippers
Gregory Page
three-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
untitled
Patricia Way
multi-color lithograph, stitching, handcoloring
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Normal Normal
John Whitesell
five-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Spells
Kenneth R. Worley
three-color lithograph
21" x 27"
edition size: 33 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
1980
Title page from Another Normal Conception portfolio
letterpress
1980
Colophon page from Another Normal Conception portfolio
letterpress
1980
Artists and Printers Included
Lawrence P. Anderson, Harold Boyd, Myrna Burks, James D. Butler, Rod Carswell, Gary Day, Richard Finch, Elizabeth Forrest, Raymond E. George, Sue Hettmansperger, David Keister, Christopher Laehy, Thomas H. Majeski, Lloyd Menard, David L. Ottenger, Gregory Page, Patricia Way, Harry Westlund, John D. Whitesell, and Ken Worley
BFA Degree students from Illinois State: Matthew Blais, Bill Greiner, Sharon L. Koehler, and L.G. Williams
MFA Degree students from Illinois State: Stuart Dayton, William R. Gross, Mary Jane Ingram, and Cory Dawson-Tibbits
MFA Degree students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Anne-Marie Karlsen and Dan Miller