The Chris Foss Portfolio

Type: Single Artist Artbook

Author: Uncredited

Publisher: Paper Tiger

Format: Hardback 420mm x 290mm (A3)

Cover Price £9@.95

Publication Date: undated (approx. 1990)

Page count: 31

This is an outsize softback book featuring just 28 full-colour, full-bleed A3 pictures. Each page is heavy duty matt cardstock and as they are printed on one side only (with brief explanatory text on the reverse) they are ideally suited for disassembly and framing. I suspect that due to this and the difficulty in storage, not many of these survive. The reproduction quality is excellent although gloss card would have been better still.

The detail that you get from having these pictures reproduced in such a large format is amazing. If you really want to appreciate an artist's work and can't see the originals, this is the format you want. There were at least three others in this series, featuring Jim Burns, Bruce Pennington and Rodney Matthews. I need these! 😁 The only problem is that this size of book is a pain to store and because of the construction method (large card pages and a softback cover), the spine is very fragile and, especially as it ages, the pages loosen easily. Nevertheless, it's an awesome thing.