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Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
The Lookout: An Excerpt From Five Luminous Towers, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Lookout: An Excerpt From Five Luminous Towers, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
clamshell box cover; pg 1-2; poem "The Lookout"; pg 3-4; pop-up tower; clamshell box with lighted pop-up tower. edition of 400
Tunnel Vision: The Big Dig View From My Studio Window On The Corner Of "A" And Wormwood Streets In Boston, Ma, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Tunnel Vision: The Big Dig View From My Studio Window On The Corner Of "A" And Wormwood Streets In Boston, Ma, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
tunnel book, concertina fold spines; hand sewn; exterior, front view; japanese folding screen. Tunnel book showing the view of the Boston "Big Dig" construction from the artist's studio.
Roadkill, John Risseeuw, John Nolt, Beauvais Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Roadkill, John Risseeuw, John Nolt, Beauvais Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[12], [8] pages : color illus. Fictional text on accordion folded pages with factual notes in booklet attached to accordion pages. "Roadkill was created during a collaboration between John Risseeuw, John Nolt, and Beauvais Lyons in the Spring of 2001 in the University of Tennessee School of Art printmaking studios... Lithography, screenprint, and letterpress were printed on Rives heavyweight text paper and Rives BFK cover."--Colophon. Edition of 50. Library has copy number 22. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund.
Floh, Tacita Dean, Martyn Ridgewell, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Floh, Tacita Dean, Martyn Ridgewell, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
176 pages : all ill. (some color, folded). Title from cover. Contains photographs found by the artist in flea markets across Europe and North America. Library has copy no 2391 of an edition of 4000, signed by the artist.
Calico Ghosts: A Photographic Portrait Of A Silver Mining Town, Jill Timm, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Calico Ghosts: A Photographic Portrait Of A Silver Mining Town, Jill Timm, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
perfect bound variation (?) with fold-out pages. Paper-covered boards, foil stamped title; cover; title page; interior pages and spreads; . Color photographs of an abandoned California mining town are populated with black and white photographs of 19th century people, placed as translucent overlays.
Details: Closed To Open, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Details: Closed To Open, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
perfect bound with soft cover; cover; title page; interior pages. Close up photographs individual hands from a mob of people attending a peace rally reveal the attitude of the individual, closed or open…anger or pacifism.
Five Luminous Towers: A Book To Be Read In The Dark, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Five Luminous Towers: A Book To Be Read In The Dark, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
pop-up tower; clamshell box, pop-ups, laser cuts, wire-edge binding; cover; page spread La Torre degli Artisani. edition of 50; "Carol Barton Artist Book Process Archive" for this book available in Special Collections
Library In A Book: Seven Books In One, Mark Wagner, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Library In A Book: Seven Books In One, Mark Wagner, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
screw post bound album; pages have a variety of types of pockets with assorted small books in them; cover; first opening; interior pages. Using library ephemera such as catalog cards, date due slips, date stamps and more, assorted small artists' books are bound an album giving the the feel of a traveling library.
Pickings, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pickings, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
scroll, machine stitched French fold pages, cards in envelope, shredded book pages, kaleidoscope structure, 4 sided fold out accordions, all housed in a brown paper bag; exterior (bag); colophon; first opening; contents of bag; . 9 artists' books made by students of Werner Pfeiffer as part of an exhibition celebrating 50 years of book arts at Pratt Institute.
Purgatoys, Esther Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Purgatoys, Esther Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
tri-fold brochure with cut flaps and pull up extension, expandable fan, concertina mobius strip, volvelle, paper mobile; all 5 "books' slotted into folder; cover; interior spread, two 'toys'; details of 'toys'. Five books, letterpress printed, with movable parts that can be manipulated, hung, or constructed like toys.
Tattoo, Martha Hall, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Tattoo, Martha Hall, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 vol. (unpaged) : color ill. . Cover title. Poem. Edition limited to 20 numbered copies, signed and dated by the artist; imprint date from signed statement. Composed of 8 gatherings, bound accordion-fold style, each gathering with its own decorative paper wrapper. Library has copy no. 16.
The Grass Is Greener, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Grass Is Greener, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
sewn signatures with paper cover; front cover; page spreads. edition size unknown
Ode To A Grand Staircase (For Four Hands), Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Ode To A Grand Staircase (For Four Hands), Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, 29 pages, pages cut in layers to resemble a staircase. "Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands) is a visual dialog created by Julie Chen and Barbara Tetenbaum, who found their inspiration in the work of composer Erik Satie. The text is derived from the musical directives and silent librettos which accompanied his scores. Thanks to Anna Sacramento for production assistance and to Claudia Wober for the translation. We dedicate this book to the memory of two men, Peter Chen and David Tetenbaum, whose lives inspired the music in our own"--Colophon. "The story in this book comes …