Object Title
Water Stone Sky
Object Name
Book
Artist/Maker
Catherine Ann Toft
Date Made
1974
Materials
Paper
Catalogue Number
2010.034.009
Dimensions

a- Length: 20.4 cm x Width: 23.5 cm x Height: 1.3 cm
b- Length: 20.3 cm x Width: 74.1 cm

Description

a- This is a hardcover silver book. The front cover is silver, with a black title above a thin black line. The title reads, "Water Stone Sky". The spine is silver, with black text that reads "Water Stone Sky Welsh and Toft Brigham Young University Press" with a logo that is a stylized face of a man. The back cover is plain silver with a thin horizontal black line. The book is a visual essay on Lake Powell, a part of the Grand Canyon. There are colour photographs and a paragraphs of text on each page. b- This is a white dustcover. The front panel has an image of a water landscape. There is also some text, black on the top and white on the image, that reads, "Water Stone Sky / A Pictorial Essay on Lake Powell". The spine continues the image and in white and black text says "Water Stone Sky Welsh and Toft Brigham Young University Press" with a stylized logo of a man's face. The back panel is white, with an image of a desert flower. Above the image is black text that reads, "desert and water, / rock and blossom, / death and life". The front flap describes the paradox of Lake Powell country, and credits the portfolio to the authors and the photo on the back panel to Keith Jones. The back flap has the credits of the authors.