The Missing Portrait. Illustrated by Richard Tuttle.
by Yau, John & TUTTLE, RICHARD
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New Brunswick (Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions), 2008.. (30)pp., profusely augmented with overlays and collage elements in tissue and vellum, colored paper, colored string, cheesecloth, metal rods, and sculptural colored accretions in pulped paper and fabric. Exterior dimensions (including pipe-cleaner and paper protrusions and high-relief sculptural binding): ca. 18 x 14 x 8 inches (457 x 356 x 203 mm.) Sm. sq. folio. Edition limited to 10 copies, signed in pencil by John Yau and Richard Tuttle, beneath a hand-numbered tissue overlay. Text in letterpress and silkscreen. The spectacular high-relief binding construction--each cover rising at the center into a massive sculpture of a lizard with its young--was designed and fabricated by Lisa Switalski. A very fine copy.
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- Title
- The Missing Portrait. Illustrated by Richard Tuttle.
- Author
- Yau, John & TUTTLE, RICHARD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Brunswick (Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions), 2008.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 21st Century ; Yau, John. ; Tuttle, Richard, 1941-. ; 20th Century ; Art, American ; Contemporary art ; Artists books ; Livres dartistes ; Multiples ; Poetry ;
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- Art;
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