Peter Rutledge Koch Explained

Peter Rutledge Koch
Other Names:Peter Koch
Birth Date:15 November 1943
Birth Place:Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Spouse:Shelley Jean Hoyt (m. 1975–1984),
Susan K. Filter
Children:1, Max Koch

Peter Rutledge Koch, also known simply as Peter Koch (born 1943)[1] is an American letterpress master printer,[2] artists' book maker and publisher, typographer, educator, author and book designer. Koch is internationally known for his fine press artists' books.[3] Over the years he has published under a variety of imprints, including Black Stone Press; Peter and the Wolf Editions; Editions Koch; Hormone Derange Editions; and Peter Koch Printer[4] and The REAL LEAD Saloon.

Biography

Peter Rutledge Koch, book designer, printer, artist, and author founded Black Stone Press and Montana Gothic: A Journal of Poetry, Literature & Graphics, in 1974 in Missoula, Montana.[1][2]  In 1978, Koch moved Black Stone Press to San Francisco and embarked on a one-year apprenticeship with book designer Adrian Wilson at his renowned press in Tuscany Alley.

Black Stone Press was dissolved by 1983, and the press was renamed Peter Rutledge Koch, Typographic Design.[5] In January 1990, following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Koch changed his press name to Peter Koch Printers and moved the location to Berkeley, California.[6]

Koch has extensive knowledge on typography, paper making, printmaking, bookbinding, and the design of books. From 1991 to 2011, he taught the history of the book and printing, "The Hand-produced Book in Its Historical Context," at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).[7]

In 2005, Koch and his wife, Susan Filter, founded the Codex Foundation, to preserve and promote the art of the book.[8] [9] The Codex Foundation has hosted the biennial CODEX International Book Fair since 2007.[10] [11] [12]

Koch's books and artworks have been the subject of solo exhibitions at the New York Public Library,[13] San Francisco Public Library, the Widener Library at Harvard University,[14] Yellowstone Art Museum,[15] and the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art.[16] The Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford University hosted the exhibition Peter Koch Printer: A Forty-year Retrospective (2017). The Grolier Club presented the exhibition Peter Koch Printer Retrospective (2019). A three-volume catalogue raisoneé, Peter Koch Printer a Descriptive Bibliography, was published by Stanford University Libraries[17] to accompany Koch’s 45-year retrospective at Stanford University Libraries (2017) and at the Grolier Club (2019).

The Black Stone Press archives (from 1974 to 1982) are housed at the University of Delaware Library Archives and Special Collections. The Stanford University Libraries house his archives from 1984 to the present.[18]

Personal life

Koch was previously married to printer Shelley Jean Hoyt, from 1975 to 1984.[19] Together they had one son. In 2005, he married Susan K. Filter, who works as a paper conservator.

Publications

Books

Portfolios

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Koch, Peter Rutledge. 2021-07-29. LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies, The Library of Congress.
  2. Web site: Berry. John D.. 2021-06-28. Nothing Impresses Like Letterpress. 2021-07-31. Alta Online. en-US. "master printer".
  3. Web site: Michel. Peter. January 9, 2019. More than the Sum of Their Parts. 2021-07-31. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. en.
  4. Web site: 2017. Peter Koch Printer: A Forty-year Retrospective. 2021-07-29. Stanford Libraries, Stanford University. en.
  5. Web site: Black Stone Press archive. 2021-07-31. Manuscript and Archival Collection Finding Aids, University of Delaware.
  6. Web site: Guide to the Black Stone Press : papers and ephemera, 1974-1996. 2021-07-31. Online Archive of California (OAC), California Digital Library..
  7. Web site: Event: Peter Koch and Sam Pelts. 2021-07-31. Center for Photographic Art. en-US.
  8. Web site: September 4, 2019 . The Grolier Club Presents a Peter Koch Printer Retrospective . 2021-07-29 . Fine Books & Collections . OP Media, LLC . en-US.
  9. News: Hafalia. Liz. Peter Koch and Susan Filter, founders of CODEX. SFGate.
  10. Web site: Lutz. Leora. 2015. CODEX Fine Art Book Fair. 2021-07-31. SFAQ / NYAQ / LXAQ. en-US.
  11. Web site: Peters. Alison. 2015-01-31. CODEX: The Fairest of the Handmade Book Arts. 2021-07-31. Book Riot. en-US.
  12. Book: Jury, David. Reinventing Print: Technology and Craft in Typography. 2018-07-12. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4742-6270-5. 190. en.
  13. Web site: Peter Koch, printer; cowboy surrealists, maverick poets & pre-socratic philosophers : exhibit catalog . 24 March 2024 . Stanford University Libraries.
  14. Web site: Peter Koch, printer : recent work Widener Memorial Room Rotunda, May 3-31 . 24 March 2024 . WorldCat.
  15. Web site: 29 July 2004 . Museum offers glimpses of the West . 24 March 2024 . Billings Gazette.
  16. Web site: Peter Koch: The Book as a Work of Art, June 10th - October 5th, 2022 . 24 March 2024 . Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art.
  17. Web site: 24 March 2024 . PETER KOCH, PRINTER: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY (1975-2016) . 24 March 2024 . ABE Books.
  18. Web site: Search results for Peter Koch . Stanford University Libraries.
  19. Web site: 31 October 1975. Marriage Permits. subscription. 2021-07-29. Newspapers.com. The Missoulian. 2. en.

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