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Rhode Island School of Design

1992

Artists' books

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Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

. "The 179 colors were all painted by hand in watercolor and glued individually onto acid-free paper produced by Cartiere Fedrigoni. The text was lithographed at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy in Univers." Edition of 50 signed by the author, Bologna 1992. The cover is four-fold, the text pages have twelve-folds.


Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

concertina fold spine with pamphlet sewn signatures, bound in paper covered boards, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box; book and box decorated with plastic toy trucks; box cover; cover; interior spreads; detail. Assorted bits of paper signs, pamphlets, business cards, flyers and other debris found on the streets of Manhattan are collaged to communicate street life in a busy city.


Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound with soft cover; cover; interior pages. With each photograph, the artist recounts stories revealing the complexities of her life as a mother, artist, and professor and the balancing act it requires to play all those roles.


Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch variation with parchment reinforced spine, some acetate double layer pages enclose tiny ziploc bags, stitched in place; interior spreads; cover . Disturbing images and unknown substances sealed in ziploc bags suggest that the reader should be careful touching this book. Fear of disease is now associated with the pleasures of physical intimacy.