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Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection

Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection

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Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection

by Franks, Pamela (Foreword0; Jock Reynolds (Introduction); Contributions by Andrew Hawkes, Ashley James, Jessica Kempner, et.al

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ISBN 10
0894679813
ISBN 13
9780894679810
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New Haven: Yale Un iversity Art Gallery, 2014. 191 pp. text volume; 194-263 pp. images volume. Two volumes in dos-à-dos binding, or back-to-back: fore edges and spines are adjacent and the volumes share a back board at the divide. An extensive collection of book art, which is not books with art within. Rather, individual books, the objects, that heve been changed by cutting, sanding, milling, wetting, bending, any process imaginable. Informative text with illustration, including an interview with Chasanoff, whose collection dates from the late 60s. The second volume a catalog of the images of the books. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. dos-à-dos, folded card stock . Fine. 9" x 6.5". Exhibition Catalogue.

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Bookseller
Ultramarine Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection
Author
Franks, Pamela (Foreword0; Jock Reynolds (Introduction); Contributions by Andrew Hawkes, Ashley James, Jessica Kempner, et.al
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0894679813
ISBN 13
9780894679810
Publisher
Yale Un iversity Art Gallery
Place of Publication
New Haven
Date Published
2014
Keywords
book art chasanoff beube ambe ashbaugh barbuzza berk
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Decorative Arts;
Size
9" x 6.5"
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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