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  • Collection: Artists' Books

front covers of the artists book Made in France: 8 Artists and the Graphic Novel
"Essay by Alexis ""Matz"" Nolent; catalog of an exhibition held at Nyehouse, Jan. 10-Feb.23, 2008. From Artbook website: There is only one word for it in French: Bande dessinée. It includes graphic novels, comics, comic strips, comic book series,…

Cover box of the artists book A Mealtime Blessing
Title from cover. "Slips into letterpress printed sleeve which is then laid in wooden box that matches boards. Printed on a Vandercook SP15 from photoengraved plates. The hand-sewn binding is based on palm leaf book structures found throughout…

Front cover of the artists book On War and Peace
Letterpress printed, handbound accordion book with single signatures sewn with red thread on mountain folds. "On war and peace was produced in a class taught by Bonnie Thompson Norman at the Windowpane Press, Seattle, Washington. Participants were…

Artists book Om Shanti opened to reveal the flaps inside
A flag book consisting of seven leaves, each divided into three flags, with a gold-colored cord running through the top and bottom segments and through the covers. In place of a spine, there is an accordion binding. Devanagari and Roman scripts on…

The Cover of Artist's Book Canto A Matanzas envelop
The book is incased in a pocket that has a loop of rope at the top which suggests it is meant to be hung. The pocket is designed to look like a front of a house. The roof of the house is a flap that opens up to reveal a folded peice. The peice…

Photo of artist book Spectres of Liberty by Olivia Robinson, Dora Greenwald, and Josh MacPhee
Two-color silkscreen print and photocopied zine. The zine contains the complete reprint of Rev. Henry Highland Garnet's 1843 "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America."

Front cover of the artists book A Tale of Two Herbs
Limited edition of 300 and signed by author. "This small concertina was printed at the Ohio State University Libraries' Center for Book Arts Logan Elm Press from photopolymer plates on a Vandercook No. 4 letterpress. The type is Garamond with Futura…

the artists book R & J: The Txt Msg Edition phone and purse
The language in Shakespeare's plays has stood the test of time, but could it survive a translation into text messages by a modern teenager? I asked my 16-year-old granddaughter to rewrite the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet as if it had all…

Front cover of the Artists book Witness, 1956
Edition of 60. Single sheet in French fold. Letterpress printed. Handmade paper made in the Lost Arch Papermill on the University of Alabama campus. Typeface: Garamond. Artists' statement: "This is an abstracted map of the University of Alabama…

Front cover of the Artists book Cradle of Civilization
Accordion fold. Inkjet printed using archival inks on enhanced matte paper. Gray paper covers with title on green spine.
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