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We are each part of the story by Jan Cadman Powell, Ann Forbush, Ania Gilmore, Anna Leliwa, Monica Mitchell, Annie Silverman, Carolyn Swift, Annie Zeybekoglu.

Collaborative work of eight artists [Five Alumni’s of Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Ann Forbush, Ania Gilmore, Monica Mitchell, Annie Silverman (MassArt professor), and Carolyn Swift] created…

Ozone alert by John Wood

  Photographs of the cooling towers at Three Mile Island and a listing of 89 birds with color in their names. July 1995. Link to Library Catalog

A to Z: Marvels in Paper by The Movable Book Society

26 folded pop-up cards : color illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm) in box 22 x 17 x 11 cm Summary:…

Notes by Alyssa Minahan

Artist Book (Unique Photographic Objects, Including Unfixed and Fixed Gelatin Silver Photograms, Chemigrams, Polaroids, Emulsion Lifts, Film, Collages, Gelatin Silver Prints), 2017 – Artist’s website Link to Library…

3 works by Martha Rosler.

Martha Rosler traces the ways in which art draws its meaning from within its social and political frameworks. The book’s two artworks and a related essay exemplify and investigate…

Honeymoon Suites by Penelope Umbrico

Honeymoon Suites is an investigation of the supper-glossy honeymoon resort brochures I collected at a wedding convention in 2002. These brochures depict happy-just-married-couples in their honeymoon suites, engaging…

Rugburn by Cameron Jamie

The inspiration for Cameron Jamie’s Rugburn is a late-sixties phenomenon known as apartment wrestling, in which participants staged wrestling matches at home, photographed them, and sent the photographs…

Astres noirs by Katrin Koenning and Sarker Protick

‘Astres Noirs‘ is the debut book for both Katrin Koenning and Sarker Protick, artists who live thousands of miles apart whose peculiar photographic wanderings create a hauntingly beautiful dialogue. This book presents photographs taken…

Sticker book by John C. Gonzalez

Sticker Book is a 100 page volume of found photographs organized into a limited edition print book including a subscription of 13 limited edition stickers created by affiliated artists from November 2013 –…

It Is Bitter to Leave Your Home by Romano Hänni

Edition of 87 numbered copies. Issued in a slipcase. “Overall production: Romano Hänni, Studio for Design, letterpress print shop. Letterpress, hand proofing press, five-color. 87 numbered copies (plus…

So On and So On by Emily Martin

Edition of 25. “A do-si-do coptic bound book of images presenting a narrative in two opposing orders.”–Accompaning artist statement. Number 25 of 25. Link to Library Catalog

One Hundred Seas by Danielle Dean

Limited edition of 5 copies. Printed on one side of a continuous strip (4.5 inches x 450 inches) folded accordion style; the ends of the strip form pastedowns on unjoined…

Agent Orange: an American legacy in Vietnam by C. David Thomas

Limited edition of 50, signed by the author. “The subject of this artist’s book is Agent Orange, the deadly, dioxin-contaminated defoliant used in Vietnam between 1961 and 1971. The…

Museum Bhavan by Dayanita Singh

Chiefly illustrated. Title from box. Publication release date April 2017.–Publisher’s website. Volumes 4 and 8 have edition statement: First edition 2016. Ten volumes in a handmade, clothbound clamshell…

3DPRK by Matjaž Tančič

First edition of 1000. Stereographic image cards portraying people in North Korean and a plastic stereograph viewer. Comes in clamshell box. 3D portraits from North Korean in 2014,…

World by Visionaire

Created by Visionaire. This issue consists of personal photographs by various contributors, all related to the topic “world“; housed in a specially-designed orange corduroy bag by the clothing company…

Visionary by Visionaire

An anniversary issue created by Visionaire; consists of 26 sheets of photographic reproductions by various contributors, all related to the topic “visionary”; housed in specially-designed card board and…

Movement by Visionaire

This issue collects works by various contributors all related to the theme of “movement“. Hardcover with layered hologram featuring Kate Moss swinging back and forth in different positions….

Woman by Visionaire

Created by Visionaire. This issue consists of photographic reproductions by various contributors, all related to the topic “woman”; housed in specially-designed aluminum box (34 x 25 x 3 cm.)…

Fantasy by Visionaire

Thirty-six (36) circular cards, printed on both sides, and 1 fabric mask, housed in a round box, 33 cm. in diameter and 4 cm. high. Link to the…

Sent a Letter by Dayanita Singh

Set of 7 small photo journals of the artist’s travels in India. Each journal consists of an accordion folded sheet with images printed on one side. Sheets range…

The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes

Cover title. Mainly illustrations. “First printing.” Link to Library Catalog

In a Cheese by Yusuke Ono

The 360° book (series) is a new revolutionary format that enables the artist to create a panoramic three-dimensional world. The book opens and expands into a dynamic circle…

Hollow Lane by Hamish Fulton

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How to Read Music in One Evening: a Clatworthy Catalog by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel

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Business Cards by Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha

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The View from the Mirror by Duane Michals

Cover title. “Champion Kromekote”–[p. 1 of cover] Link to Library Catalog

Photogrids by Sol LeWitt

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Close-cropped Tales by John Baldessari

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Pill Bottle

Student project, Artists’ Bookmaking course. Book consists of 50 (1 in.) circular paper dots with illustrations on both sides: on one side- the repeated photographic image of a…

Poetic Justice: A Film by Hollis Frampton

Artists’ autograph copy, edition of 150 copies. Link to Library Catalog

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Silk-screens by Sol Lewitt. Translation of: Ficciones. “1500 copies … printed by the Anthoensen Press [Portland, Maine] … [no.] 455.” Signed by the artist. Link to Library Catalog

Reporter’s Notebook by Brice Marden

Leaves cut in half horizontally and numbered in duplicate. “Drawings made in Greece, Summer 1981.” Link to Library Catalog

The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore

Co-ordinated by Jerome Agel. Link to Library Catalog

Games at the Cedilla; or, The Cedilla Takes Off by George Brecht and Robert Filliou

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Freedom: a Fable by Kara Elizabeth Walker

Pop-up design by David Eiser; text designed by Timothy Silverlake. “A curious interpretation of the wit of a Negress in troubled times; with illustrations. Presented to you this…

Some Places to Visit by David Tremlett

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The Persian Poems by Janey Smith by Kathy Acker and Robert Kushner

By Kathy Acker and Robert Kushner. Excerpted from “Blood and Guts in High School” by Kathy Acker.–verso of t.p. “Janey Smith” (t.p.) is fictional character in the poem….

VVVVV by Judy Rushin, Denise Bookwalter, Allison Milham, Michelle Ray, and AB Gorham

An edition of 200. 6.5 x 6.5″ four-flap cardboard box with colophon pastedown on interior base. Contains 12 double-sided 3 x 3″ blocks, each bearing a letterpress printed…

SP Weather Station: 2009 Reports

“Co-founded by artists Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson in 2007, SP Weather Station is an interdisciplinary project that collects weather data, hosts a Guest Lecture Series, and organizes…

144 Blocks & Stones by Carl Andre

Catalog of an exhibition held at PCVA, Feb. 11-Mar. 11, 1973. Title page inserted. “For Robert Smithson (1938-1973).” Link to Library Catalog

Celsius 233 by Philip Zimmermann

Limited edition of 50 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. “I started doing research on the history of book-burning after seeing video posted by the Islamic State/Daesh…

Reservoir by Christina Seely

Three leaves fold out. Pages have color photographs of water flowing from faucets with facts about water on versos. Each photograph overlaid by a glassine leaf. Limited ed….

Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching by Arzu Mistry and Todd Elkin

“Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching is a conversation between two artist-educators. Flowing across five chapters, the double sided accordion book has been curated from ten years…

Zero Mass: the Art of Eric Orr

Blue steel covered book issued in 28.5 x 29.5 cm. styrofoam box, accompanied by a fired handmade ceramic globe by James Lee Byars entitled: The sphere of generosity….

Barrier Island by Linda Armstrong and Pattie Belle Hastings

Includes interviews with Cumberland Island, GA workers and residents. Link to Library Catalog

Lining by Denise Bookwalter and Lee Emma Running

Edition of 30; numbered on the colophon. 9.25 x 13.75 x 3.5 inches closed, 9.25 x 28.75 x 3.25 inches open; 6 folded pages. Letterpress. Laser cut. Laser…

Dark Archives, 1-41 by Andre Bradley

“Publisher’s Description: Dark Archives by artist Andre Bradley is a provocative exploration of one black man’s memories of childhood. An autobiography in fragments, Dark Archives interweaves Bradley’s writing…

Portraits by Andy Warhol

Part of Artists & Photographs. Mona Lisa, Texan, Jackie, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe diptych, Cow wallpaper, Self-portrait, Liz as Cleopatra. 8 sheets of ill., various sizes, in clear acrylic…

Exploited Subjects by Bernar Venet

Part of Artists & Photographs. 18 pages. Paper laminated on cardboard: all ill.; 19 cm. Link to Library Catalog

Flower Arrangement for Bruce Nauman by Dennis Oppenheim

Part of Artists & Photographs. 1 folded sheet ([9] p.) : all ill. ; 17 x 200 cm., folded to 17 x 25 cm. Link to Library Catalog

Continuous Project Altered Daily by Robert Morris

Part of Artists & Photographs. 1 folded sheet ([18] p.) : all ill. ; 183 x 31 cm., folded to 11 x 31 cm Link to Library Catalog

Schematic Drawing for Muybridge II, 1964 by Sol LeWitt

Part of Artists & Photographs. 1 card in envelope; 14 x 33 cm. Link to Library Catalog

Notebook on Water by Joseph Kosuth

Part of Artists & Photographs. Link to Library Catalog

Pose: Carrying Chairs through the City, Sitting Down Here and There, Photographed, Pix Left on Spot, Going On, March 22 1969-1970 by Allan Kaprow

Part of Artists & Photographs. Link to Library Catalog

Location Piece #2: New York City – Seattle, Washington by Douglas Huebler

Part of Artists & Photographs. Link to Library Catalog

Artists & Photographs Exhibition Catalog by Lawrence Alloway

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Two Parallel Essays by Dan Graham

Two parallel essays: “Photographs of Motion” and “Two Related Projects for Slide Projectors.” Part of Artists & Photographs. Link to Library Catalog

Jail Box by Liz Canfield and Tobias Wilbur

3 pages cut-out in the shape of unassembled boxes, illustrated with 2 color typographical designs and illustrations printed on vellum paper. The pages are attached on one end…

A Document Made by Paul Thek and Edwin Klein

“Published … during the Amsterdam exhibition of Paul Thek, May 1969.” Label mounted on verso of t.p.: supplied by Worldwide Books, New York. Link to Library Catalog

If by Cathryn Miller

“African proverb archival inkjet printed on Legion Domestic Etching, typeset in Minion Pro and Bickham Script Pro. Carefully collected and digitally altered photos of dead mosquitoes.”–Colophon. Wrapped in…

Sol Lewitt: Arcs, from Corners & Sides, Circles & Grids and all their Combinations

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GRRRHHHH: A Study of Social Patterns by Warren Lehrer

Based on weavings by Sandra Brownlee/Ramsdale ; with chants and stories by Dennis Bernstein “An extended visual fugue” – p. [6]. “Made possible in part by a National…

Seven Days, Seven Sheep: Jan 30th-Feb 5th 1975 (Swaledale) by Howard Selina

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To Make You See by Suzanne Sawyer

Title from statement on artist’s website. “To Make You See was created for The Al Mutanabbi Street Book Arts Coalition Project. It is an edition of 30. It…

Sonora Cows by Richard Nonas

(Details from the excavation of Wooster Street ; v.4) Title from cover. Link to Library Catalog

Real Time by Eve Sonneman

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Life Codes and Behaviour Parameters: Related Work and Texts by Stephen Willats

“Published in connection with the exhibition ‘Life codes and behaviour parameters’ 7-28 February 1976, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham.” Bibliography: p. 14. Link to Library Catalog

This Book is Extremely Receptive: A Flipbook by Janet Zweig

Telephone dialogs by Holly Anderson. Title repeated three times on t.p. “A flipbook by Janet Zweig” repeated three times on p. [3]. Spine title: Extremely receptive. “Printed at…

Towards a Reasonable End by Lawrence Weiner

Auf ein vernünftiges Ende zu English and German. Link to Library Catalog

1. Truck, 2. Fuck, 3. Muck by Martha Wilson

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A Primer by Lawrence Weiner

Ein Elementarbuch Link to Library Catalog

Tracce by Lawrence Weiner

Traces English and Italian. Link to Library Catalog

Metamorfaces by Larry E. Williams

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Innerhalb vorwärtsgerichteter Bewegung by Lawrence Weiner

German and English, the latter inverted with title: Within forward motion. Limited ed. Link to Library Catalog

Having from Time to Time a Relation to by Lawrence Weiner

Van tijd tot tijd in een relatie staan tot [nederlandse translation Louise van Santen, Coosje Kapteyn-Van Bruggen]. Cover title: Art & project. Link to Library Catalog

$19.84 by William Wegman

Cover title. MCA: William Wegman, alumnus (BFA: 1965). Link to Library Catalog

Voice Lessons

Created by members of the Fall 2010 combined ceramics sculpture junior seminar at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design With writings by: Grace Archambeault, Helen D’Angelo, Tabitha…

Mary Jane by Amy Turcell

Title from back cover, handwritten in pencil :”Turcell, Amy: Mary Jane”. [Student project, Artists’ Bookmaking course]. Book consists of 9 Mary Jane candy wrappers with transparent paper covers,…

Causality Affected and/or Effected by Lawrence Weiner

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Having Been Done At by Lawrence Weiner

Essendo stato fatto a Text in English and Italian. Link to Library Catalog

The Nature of Things by Andrea Versluis

Codex-like cover but pages are accordion fold. Versluis had been enrolled in an MFA program at the Massachusetts College of Art in 1996. Link to Library Catalog

Mythical Beast of the East and West by Jennifer Verch

Presumed Massachusetts College of Art student work. Foil transfer printing. Link to Library Catalog

Cinéma calendrier du cœur abstrait. Maisons by Tristan Tzara

“A Book Arts edition of Thomas Press, Inc.”–Colophon. Facsim. of 1st ed.: Paris : Collection dada, 1920. Laid in is an English translation on 1 folded sheet (5,…

The Illustrated 6 from the Top, or, You Cannot Have Your Cake and Eat It Too by Carol Trantor

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Untitled 1998: On the Road with Jiew Jeaw Jieb Sri and Moo by Rirkrit Tiravanija

Title from inside front cover of part [2]. “From his 1998 project at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which this three-part ‘passport’ documents … ” Parts [1] and…

American Manifesto by Todd M. Thyberg

Cover title. Letterpress printed in three colors on a Heidelberg 10×15 Windmill at Angel Bomb in Minneapolis, MN., in wool and cotton papers. “With a tip of the hat…

Artist’s Book Ideation Cards by Barbara Tetenbaum

Two decks of offset printed playing cards enclosed in an acrylic box. “The Artist’s Book Ideation Cards deck was designed as an aid to the book artist, to…

Camping Out by Fred Truck

Cover title. “These poems were translated from hieroglyphic sequences generated by chance.” Link to Library Catalog

Textes de Charles Baudelaire, Texte von Heinrich Heine, texto de Enrique Santos Discepolo, texto de Homero Manzi, textos de Celedonio Flores, Texte von Karl Kraus / ausgewählt zitiert und kommentiert von Hanne Darboven.

In French, German, or Spanish. Texts appear in their original language with German translations; texts originally in German appear in German only. “Ausgewählte texte-zitiert und kommentiert” is a…

The Golden Cage by Veronica Tucker

Black codex binding sewn with black ribbon. Gold colored wire mesh framed in a cut out on front cover. Title embossed on cover. White pages with red handwriting…

Heredity Study : 1970-71 by Athena Tacha

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From the Silent Garden by Michelle Stuart

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Any One to Tease a Saint Seriously — Gertrude Stein by Judith Stein

Includes bibliographical references. Link to Library Catalog

The Fall by Michelle Stuart

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Ordinary, Extraordinary. by May Stevens

“A collage of words and images of Rosa Luxemburg … juxtaposed with images and words of Alice Stevens.”–p. [18]. MCA: May Stevens, alumna (BFA: 1954). Link to Library…

Chacun à son goût, eh Marcel? by John Sokol

In English. 8 parodies of pieces by Marcel Duchamp. Link to Library Catalog

Chelm: Stories and Scenes by Jenny Snider

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Gargoyle by Chrystal Sherritt

Pages of rag paper with letter-press text and wood-block printing folded and attached to a continuous accordion-fold spine. These are attached to boards covered with colored paper. Title…

Reading Dick and Jane with Me by Clarissa Sligh

“Reading Dick and Jane with Me (1989) is an artist’s book created to interrupt the authority of old elementary school textbooks called The Dick and Jane Readers. These…

Three Peoples by Charles Simonds

Italian and English on opposite pages. Link to Library Catalog

An Even Roll from Semaja

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Cezanne She Was a Great Painter : The Second Book, January 1975, Unbroken Words to Women, Sexuality Creativity Language Art History by Carolee Schneemann

Cover Title. Link to Library Catalog

Expo or: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Erik Schubert

Spiral bound. “Photographs made at various expositions in the Boston Metropolitan area from 2005 to 2006.” MCA: Erik Schubert, alumnus (MFA: 2007) Link to Library Catalog

Rondo: An Artist Book by Miriam Schapiro

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Some Los Angeles Apartments by Edward Ruscha

“Second ed., … 1970.” Link to Library Catalog

S Books by Edward Ruscha

Photography by Paul Ruscha Artist’s book consisting of illustrations of the letter S on the covers of books. Title from colophon. 2,000 copies printed in the year 2001…

Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles by Edward Ruscha

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Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass by Edward Ruscha

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Crackers by Edward Ruscha

The photographs illustrate the story “How to derive the maximum enjoyment from crackers” by Mason Williams. Link to Library Catalog

See by Marcia Resnick

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10 Ways to Meditate by Paul Reps

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Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Christopher Hatton : the Dancing Chancellor by Alice Simpson

In accordion format within covers. Colophon pasted inside back cover. Edition of 60 signed and numbered copies. “Letterpress printed on Rives BFK tan mould-made paper on a Vandercook…

Chain Reaction by Laurie Pearsall

[Student project, Artists’ Bookmaking course]. Book consists of an 18 x 12 cm. box (3 cm. deep) with images and text collaged on the inside. Some of the…

Lists by Brenda Price

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Five Stories by Lucio Pozzi

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

3 Notations/Rotations – Poems by Octavio Paz + Designs by Toshi Katayama

A mechanical “book,” consisting of 3 turning wheels (and a title-page). Issued in a box. Contents: Portrait; Two in one; Bread or riddle. Introduction by Robert Gardner. Link to Library Catalog

Untitled by Stephanie Pasternak

The binding is composed of a continuous accordion fold attached to a hardcover case, upon which 8 folded leaves are attached. Illustrations appear to be photographic transfer onto…

All of Me by Kate Parker

The wooden box is shaped into a door and door frame. Link to Library Catalog

Stair Nightmares by Tamara J. Oppenheimer

Massachusetts College of Art student work Accordion fold binding of color printed photography and text printed on single-side of paper with pages cut out to reveal pop-up staircases…

The Outline of History: A Reconstituted Index by Daniel Olson of the Plain History of Life and Mankind by H.G. Wells

“Brought up to the present by Raymond Postgate” –Dust jacket. “No maps & illustrations” –Dust jacket. “New enlarged edition” –Dust jacket. Each page of the book consists of…

Fake Snow Collection by Heidi Neilson

Edition of 100, each copy numbered and signed by the artist. Coptic binding. “Produced while in residence at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY in November 2009. … Printed…

Richard Long: [An Exhibition Held at the] Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, July – August 1974

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Lines & Color by Sol LeWitt

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God Created the Sea and Painted It Blue So We’d Feel Good on It by Michelle Ray

Basswood box (20 x 14 x 11 cm.) is attached to linen hardcover with embossed title and printed endsheet. Inside box are two compartments. One contains a tunnel…

Four Little Poems by Andrei Rabodzeenko

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Empress Bullet: An Allegory by Louise Odes Neaderland

Cover title. Accordion fold. 100 copies printed. Link to Library Catalog

Driver Training by Nick L. Nips

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Mask Transit by Mary McCarthy

Hand lettered parchment pages are glued onto pages of rag paper with feathered edges. The illustrated pages are collograph prints bound together using a dowel hinge spine technique….

Making Sculpture by Richard Nonas

Part of the series – The Destruction of Harrison Street / Richard Nonas; v. 1 Link to Library Catalog

Burning Small Fires by Bruce Nauman

Cover title. Ascribed to Bruce Nauman by vendor. Link to Library Catalog

My Baby

Red handmade paper cover with handwritten title. Cream colored pages folded in Japanese binding style. Digital images of embryotic development, titled, with text. Photo titles are: Conception; 4…

The Long Way Home by Jeremy Majewski

Cover title: The Long Ride Home Single leaf accordion folded, attached to boards making covers. One surface of folded leaf is hand-printed with winter landscape scene. MCA: Jeremy…

New Doors by Clifton Meador

In a shape of pitched roof house with pop-ups, pull-outs, and perforations. Link to Library Catalog

Texture by Heather M. Natisin

Contains monoprints on rice paper, in Japanese style stab binding. Link to Library Catalog

The Scissors Kick by Robert C. Morgan

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An Unknown Art History by Tony Rickaby

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Names & Poems by Helen Mirra

“Edition of five hundred”–T.p. verso. Link to Library Catalog

Before and After Art/Life Counseling by Linda Montano

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Tick, Tiger, Trout by Eva Mantell

Cover title. “Being a partial reading of the New York City phone book”–P. [1]. Printed wrappers. Link to Library Catalog

Suicide Notes by Brice Marden

Cover title: These are suicide notes, I don’t know what my mind wears. Published in cooperation with the author’s exhibition at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, et al….

Drawing Shelter designed by Janet Maher

“Twenty artists and writers who are or have been homeless have contributed their words and images to this book as a way to express their reality to others.”…

Seven Never Before Published Portraits of Edward Weston by Mike Mandel

A collection of portraits of men named Edward Weston whom the author thought might be related to Edward Weston, photographer, 1886-1958. From the Mike Mandel Memorial Collection. Link…

Artist, Layman and the Line Between Them by Paul McMahon, Ph. D.

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Fear of Water by Paul McMahon, Ph. D.

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Man with Buoy and Other Tales by Seth Lower

Designed by Hans Seeger. Edition of 500 copies. Custom side-stapled. Link to Library Catalog

Metamorphosis by Nathalie MacDonald

Stitched binding paperback with color images of butterflies on cover. Handmade paper pages folded in Japanese binding style. Color photographic images on verso pages and text on recto….

On the Transmission of Photography by Robert Leverant

Bibliography: p. 53-54. Link to Library Catalog

South America by Richard Long

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The North Woods by Richard Long

Cover title. Catalog of an exhibition held Jan. 25-Feb. 27, 1977 at Whitechapel Art Gallery. Link to Library Catalog

Work Completed, 1969 by Sol LeWitt

Bibliographical information from colophon. Link to Library Catalog

Red, Blue and Yellow Lines from Sides, Corners and the Center of the Page to Points on a Grid: Israel Museum, Jerusalem, September 1975 by Sol LeWitt

Cover title. English and Hebrew. Link to Library Catalog

The Location of Straight, Not-Straight & Broken Lines and all their Combinations by Sol LeWitt

“Copyright Sol Lewitt and the John Weber Gallery.” Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Incomplete Open Cubes by Sol LeWitt

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Grids by Sol LeWitt

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

A Man on a Mission by John Lacroix

Book printed on 4 folded sheets of newsprint. Inserted between pages is a vinyl (45) record album with photo and text pasted on. The words ” I am…

I Mean You Know by Warren Lehrer

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Momento Mori: Epitaphs collected and presented by Charles S. Lemmen, in November 1990, in the 25th year of his age

Massachusetts College of Art student work.  MCA: Charles S. Lemmen, alumnus. Accordion fold binding of woodcut designs printed on single-side of rag paper with pages artfully torn at…

Les Levine’s I Am Not Blind: An Information Environment About Unsighted People: April 6 – June 30, 1976, Lions Gallery of the Senses

“This book is part of the exhibition.” Bibliography: p. 24. Link to Library Catalog

Watergate Fashions: Exhibition & Performance, Stefanotty Gallery, New York City, March 12 – April 13, 1974 by Les Levine

“Five hundred slides, all taken off the television screen during the televised Watergate hearings are shown. Each … document what each person was wearing on a specific day…

Circles, Squares, Triangles, Rectangles, Trapezoids and Parallelograms within Circles, Squares, Triangles, Rectangles, Trapezoids and Parallelograms & all their Combinations by Sol LeWitt

On cover: Geometric figures within geometric figures. Link to Library Catalog

49 Three-Part Variations Using Three Different Kinds of Cubes: 1967-68 by Sol LeWitt

Cover title. Link to Library Catalog

Modulations by Richard Kostelanetz

“300 copies, 26 signed & numbered.” No. 10. Link to Library Catalog

Summer 1906 by Richard Nonas

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Fly: A Book by Mark Kelly

Book composed of 2 sheets of metal, edged in black tape. Pages held together with 2 large “U” bolts passed through holes in pages and secured to metal…

Changing License by Bruce Kurtz

Cover title. Includes bibliography. Link to Library Catalog

Function… by Joseph Kosuth

Title and text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Link to Library Catalog

Vogue Interzone: Special Simulated Edition by Christof Kohlhöfer

Cover title.  In English or German. “Special thanks goes to Udo Breger, W.S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz, Carlo McCormick, Joe Lewis and Giselle Witschold for their generous contributions.” Also…

Proceedings of the National Academy of the Avant Garde: Administering the Coup de Grace to the American Reality Concensus by Henry James Korn

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American Breeding Standards by Ellen Knudson

Edition of 60. American Breeding Standards explores the systemized rules about what comprises a good or bad horse, a good or bad woman and the steps one might…

Passport by Susan Elizabeth King

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Survival Phylactery Yarvis Syndrom by Christine Kermaire

Booklet ([24] p. : all ill. ; 15 x 21 cm.) and 1 plate, mounted between pivoted, cloth-covered boards (camouflage pattern). Limited, signed edition of 300 copies. Issued…

In Blooming by Susan Kenney

Hardcover binding covered with white handmade paper sewn with green thread. Image of red tulips on front cover. Pages of tan handmade paper with photomechanical prints of flowers…

Intimations by Tatana Kellner

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Great Gams by Tatana Kellner

Edition limited to 100 copies signed by the author. Link to Library Catalog

Nice Knees by Tatana Kellner

Limited ed. of 100 copies. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author. This is copy 41. Link to Library Catalog

Jeez, Knees by Tatana Kellner

Limited ed. of 100 copies. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author. This is copy 50. Link to Library Catalog

Air Condition by Allan Kaprow

Cover title. Air Condition is a “privacy piece” meant for an individual alone, which was carried out by seven persons in the hills around the California Institute of…

Imaginary Music by Tom Johnson

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Self Hipnosis by Leandro Katz

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Libro Quemado by Leandro Katz

Burnt Book Sheets bound with metal bolts with plastic overlay; self-cover. English and Spanish. Link to Library Catalog

Hier und Jetzt: Das tun, was zu tun ist: Materialien zur Diskussion: Kunst im politischen Kampf; Auf welcher Seite stehst Du, Kulturschaffender? by Jörg Immendorff

Summary in English. Link to Library Catalog

Untitled by Poppy Johnson

Title from distributor’s catalog. “Part of the detritus of an unannounced and unauthorized performance that took place at 355 West Broadway sometime between May 1,1976 and June 30,…

Color Book, Hand Stamped by Robert Jacks

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Scenes from the House Dream: Stereoscopic Views, Series One by David Hoffos

“Set includes 10 stereo cards and a FREE portable stereo viewer”. Link to Library Catalog

Douglas Huebler: Selected Drawings 1968-1973

Includes Drawings from the Xerox book, 1968, published by Siegelaub/Wendler, N.Y. Includes index. Link to Library Catalog 

The Secret Scar by Serina Gunderson

Typewritten text with black and white photographs. Link to Library Catalog

As is by Michael Harvey

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Elemental Conditioning by John Hilliard

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Ruckus Rodeo by Red Grooms

Cover title. Contains 6 pop-up illustrations by the artist accompanied by an illustrated essay on Grooms’ life and work by Barbara Haskell. Link to Library Catalog

For Publication by Dan Graham

Catalog of exhibition held at the Gallery of the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County. Link to Library Catalog

Inner Workings by Laura Davidson

Consists of one continuous sheet of cream paper folded to form 6 p. with hand-printed lino cuts and other illustrations mounted on each page; bound in painted wooden…

Conversations in the Sky by André Lee

Issued in clamshell box. Accordion folded pages have single hole punched in each page throughout entire book through which a single orange thread is stretched; the thread is…

George and Gilbert: the Living Sculptors, London: Catalogue for their 1973 Australian Visit

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Remembrance of a Paper India by N. Ford

Accordion binding with pop-ups. Approximately 1 meter long when fully open. Paintings in opaque watercolor. Title on cover is embossed lettering on paper. Cover fastens with jute twine….

We are ________. Me, you, everybody, we are ________! by Jessica Gath

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Romeo and Silhouette by Peter Grass

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Twenty-Eight Days: a Private Activity to Be Be [sic] Carried Out for 28 Consecutive Days within a Given Year by Mary Fish

Narrative and drawings based on an activity carried out in Capistrano Beach, California, March ll through April 7, 1975. Link to Library Catalog

A Nuclear Atlas by Sharon Gilbert

Edition of 500. Link to Library Catalog

The Ann Scales Postcards: March 14, 1973 – March 14, 1975 by Joseph Gabe, Mary Jean Kenton, and Ann Chapman Scales

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In/Out by Peter Downsbrough

Edition of 600 copies. Link to Library Catalog

The Well Shaven Cactus by Ger Van Elk

“Edition of 300.” Link to Library Catalog

The Standard Corpus of Present Day English Language Usage : Arranged by Word Length and Alphabetized within Word Length by Gerald Ferguson

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Daniel Buren (self-titled)

“Übersetzungder Texte von Daniel Buren aus dem Französischen: Edmund Klöckner.” Stadtisches Museum Mnchengladbach, 1971. Yellow cardboard box contains one 38 p. booklet titled Position-Proposition with German text and…

Skyline Ridge by Hamish Fulton

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H[I-D-I-N-G] by Fred Escher

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Facade by Laura Davidson

“Facade is a limited edition artist’s book. The covers are wood and leather. … The prints are linoleum color reduction prints and black and white prints. Others are…

A Tool Alphabet by Laura Davidson

“This is an edition of 1,000 copies.”–leaf [30]. Link to Library Catalog

Available by F. Deschamps

“Available presents images of real estate opportunities punctuated by pictures of realtors from listing websites. The photographs of spaces by F. Deschamps are all taken through the windows…

The Weight of Franchise Meat by Robert Cumming

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Chinese Whispers by Helen Douglas

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How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic by Ariel Dorfman

Translation of Para leer al Pato Donald. Link to Library Catalog

Bismarckzeit by Hanne Darboven

Catalog of the exhibition organized by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Apr. 19-June 3, 1979. Includes bibliographical references. Link to Library Catalog

Instructions for Assembly by Carol Barton

A pop-up artist’s book. “Edition of (hopefully) 600 copies.”–Colophon. Link to Library Catalog

Hong Kong and Macau: a 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Kristyna Litten

A cutpaper, stand-alone, accordion-fold novelty featuring twelve of Hong Kong and Macau’s most famous sites folds back into a slipcase when the tour is done. Ages 5-9. Link…

Primordial Forms by Elizabeth Castaldo

“Primordial Forms was designed, printed and bound by Elizabeth Castaldo at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta GA in December 2012. This limited edition artists…

Experiments in Paper: A Curated Exploration of Invasive Plants in Alabama as Based on Early Botanicals by Kate Barber

“Hard case with four-flap paper wrapper interior containing 12 individual sheets (5.5 x 8.5″ closed, 11 x 8.5″ open); [four-flap paper is printed and illustrated, too]. Typography is…

Snow by Dieter Roth

Label mounted on t.p.: American Distributor: Wittenborn, New York. Link to Library Catalog

Between Page and Screen by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse

Coupling the physicality of the printed page with the electric liquidity of the computer screen, Between Page and Screen chronicles a love affair between the characters P and…

4,492,040 (1969-74) by Lucy R. Lippard

“Presenting partners: Seattle Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery.” “Between 1969 and 1974, the influential curator Lucy Lippard curated four decisive Conceptual art exhibitions, and in doing so reinvented…

Ex Libris by Emily Jacir

“Ex libris (2010-2012) commemorates the approximately thirty thousand books from Palestinian homes, libraries, and institutions that were looted by Israeli authorities in 1948. Six thousand of these books…

Melody III, Book II by Jon Gibson

” … a graphic realization of the structure of a musical composition.” Link to Library Catalog

Memoires — part two : October 26-November 22, 1986 by Noche Crist

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Memoires — part one : March 27-April 21, 1984 by Noche Crist

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A Discourse on Domestic Disorder by Robert Cumming

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Insult Toolbox by Abbey Withey

Enclosed in this rectangular casing (3.25 x 7 in.); are two spiral bound stacks of cards, each printed with an insulting word. When read together, the words on…

Patterns: Divided, Mirrored, Repeated by Gerhard Richter

Represents a new adventure in image-making and book-making by Gerhard Richter, who took an image of his work “Abstract Painting” (CR: 7244) and divided it vertically into strips:…

Mariah Robertson (self-titled)

“In SPBH Book Club Vol IV, we are presented with the results of Robertson’s time in the immersive space of the darkroom – freeing herself from the classic…

Rolywholyover: a Circus by John Cage

“The box includes reprints of texts that Cage found useful and inspiring, as well as important new essays. Also included are writings and letters by Cage, reproductions of…

Two Pieces by Robert Barry

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Iris Garden by John Cage and William Gedney

“Like a mushroom hunting trip full of unexpected pleasures, Iris Garden combines 22 of John Cage’s stories with 44 of William Gedney’s photographs (including several of the composer…

Partitions by Jacki Apple

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Winter Nap by Camille Ann Riner

A miniature book (petal-fold) featuring winter images of forest and snow, attached, accordion style, to boards (6 cm. square), with small piece of wooden stick and thread looped…

Artists’ Books by the Arts Council of Great Britain

“Artists’ books, booklets, pamphlets, catalogues, periodicals, anthologies and magazines almost all published since 1970, selected by Martin Attwood and Clive Philpot for a travelling exhibition organised by the…

Anatomical Notes by Jerry Crimmins

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Artists’ Books USA by Peter Frank and Martha Wilson

“A Traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators Incorporated, April 1978 to March 1980”–Cover. Leaves in catalog card format. Link to Library Catalog

Shuffle by Christian Marclay

This deck of cards can be used as a musical score. Link to Library Catalog

The Pop-Up Hand Shadow Book by Helen Hiebert

Cover title. “Gate fold with fold-out pop-up panels. Letterpress printed and laser cut paper pages, book board, cherry & plywood laser cut box featuring each animal in the…

Winter Book by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano

Title on spine. “6.5 x 5” double-sided accordion hinged by bookcloth. Digital photographs and mulberry paper on wood panels. Poem printed on the hinges. Stigliano: “I took pictures…

Winners & losers: Dominoes & Lucky 15 by Barbara Milman

“3 x 5.5 x 1″ box with pamphlet and 28 double-sided cards. Black grosgrain ribbon closure. Digital printing. Pamphlet: 2.6 x 5.3″; 10 pages. Signed and numbered on…

We Can Go Beyond It: An Artist’s Book by Bridget Elmer

Title from colophon sheet inserted in pocket of folding archival container. “Inspired by images generated from qEEGs of her father’s brain, the artist simulates the neurological process of…

Wave Motion: A Book by Thomas Parker Williams

Edition of 150. Link to Library Catalog

Visionaire No. 33, Touch

This issue consists of 21 illustrations, all related to the topic “touch” ; unbound illustrations wrapped in fur skin with tie ; housed in a brushed-gold metal box…

Uniform Paper by Heidi Neilson

Cover title. Author information and date taken from colophon. An edition of 33 copies comprising only handmade paper. Each sheet of paper has a brief letterpress text describing…

Sole-Soul Sermons by Futurefarmers

“Sole/Soul Sermons is a limited edition book published for the occasion of Futurefarmers exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. As part of the…

Shedding Light by Heather Weston

One card folded concertina-fashion with Braille on one side and mirror-text on the other; one card with Braille alphabet. In felt folder. Limited ed. of 150 copies. Link…

Proverbial Threads: Be good to your own wife and you can have your neighbor’s (Arabic) by Robbin Ami Silverberg

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Pont Neuf by Michael Kirby

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Paper Cut: Relief by Heather Weston

Weston transforms a complex psychological issue into the palpable reality of an artists’ book. The subject is dark– self-harm– the experience is untidy and frustrating– as it should…

Outland by Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret

Limited edition of 15 copies. Silkscreen print, embroidery and perforations on paper. Sewn stab binding. Black and gray illustrated paper wraps. Link to Library Catalog

One Deck of Cards: Shape Cards by Tauba Auerbach

Title and statement of responsibility from folded sheet inside slipcase. Alternate title from publisher’s website. Box contains [54] cards, and 1 folded leaf, housed in cloth-covered slipcase. “Synopsis:…

Indeed the Hunger = Tha Shein Ukrosh by Ann Lovett

Edition limited to 12 copies. Pigmented inkjet print on rag paper; concertina and pamphlet binding with black silk-wrapped hard covers and ribbon ties. The text flows from the…

Fossil Fuels by Michelle Wilson

“Collographs, intaglio, relief, hand painting, and hand embroidery. Text tip-ins are digitally printed on Hiromi Paper’s Asuka Natural using Century Schoolbook, and the endsheets are handmade denim paper…

Clea rsky by Bruce Nauman

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Chair History by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano

Cover title. Illustrations also on lining papers and front cover. Bound in an accordian style. MCA: Stephanie Mahan Stigliano, alumna (MFA Painting and Printmaking: 1988). Link to Library…

Boundless by David Stairs

Cover title. Book is round and spiral bound around all edges. Link to Library Catalog

Bless This House by Laura Russell

“In the summer of 2006, nearly 250 families received notice that their three adjoining mobile home parks in Beaverton, Oregon would be closed and demolished to make way…

Associative Miscellany by Annie Silverman

Title on spine. “Asssociative miscellany is a compilation of woodcut and pronto plate prints on Japanese paper of bees from “The Honey Bee: a Manual of Instruction in…

Absence by J. Meejin Yoon

“Both a book and a sculptural object, Absence is a memorial to the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Yoon, an architect and designer…” — Printed Matter. “A…

October 1972 by Laurie Anderson

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Misunderstandings: A Theory of Photography by Mel Bochner

Issued in an envelope. Title from envelope. Link to Library Catalog

Mythic Weapons and State Propaganda by Critical Art Ensemble

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Fort Point Flora & Fauna by Laura Davidson

Artist’s book by Laura Davidson describing birds and plants sighted in the Fort Point section of Boston. Cover title. “This book was printed in an edition of 500 copies. I compiled…

Kunst Comix: A Phoney Art History by Barbara Leoff Burge

Eleven pictures parodying Russian icons, Indian Rajput paintings, and Japanese prints all dedicated to Arshile Gorky and Walt Disney. Edition limited to 75 copies. Link to Library Catalog

…It’s Still Privileged Art by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge

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Hedi Kyle & Her Influence: 1977-1993 by Center for Book Arts

Catalog of an exhibition held at The Gallery, Oct. 1-Nov. 27, 1993. The exhibition is a survey of Hedi Kyle’s work, as well as works created by artists who have…

For My Nanu by Annmarie Bendix

Tan hardcover with white ribbon ties and tan handmade paper pages. Stitched binding with six signatures. Typewritten narrative, photographic images, incised windows, and found objects applied to the…

Flying: Practical Training for Beginners by Luca Buvoli

“All images and texts are stills, animation cels, dialogues from, or preparatory studies for the 16mm film: Flying-practical training for beginners, 1999, 18 minutes, animation and live-action, color and…

Five Texts by Daniel Buren

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Experience Italy: Documentation of an Experience by Stacey Bakaj

1 continuous folded leaf, the last fold sewn into folded paper envelope cover. 5 pgs. have cut-outs revealing sections of text. “You are invited to attend the travels…

One Red Dot: A Pop-Up for Children of All Ages by David Carter

Each page contains an original piece of artwork that challenges the reader to find the one red do Originally published: Italy : Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, 2004 Link to Library Catalog

Opinions of Working People Concerning the Arts: Survey undertaken by Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, students under the direction of their professor, Don Celende

This publication was produced for an exhibition held at O. K. Harris Gallery, … New York, from December 6th to December 27th, 1975. Link to Library Catalog

Personal Refuge by Marcia Ciro

Title from clear paper wrapper. Inkjet on Red River paper with MIS archival inks in an edition of 25. 12 copies. Each page has pull out tabs which…

Piglet by Chang Ming Chen

Single accordian folded sheet, with numbered pages, printed on one side only, with text and color illustrations throughout. Some sewing on covers and tab on p. 1 of…

Red Ages: A B.C.- A.D. by Angela Lorenz

Limited ed. of 150 copies. Printed on one side of a continuous strip (162 cm. x 87 mm.) folded accordion style; the ends of the strip form pastedowns…

Small Potatoes by Robyn Bell

“Forty-five copies of this book were printed”–Colophon. Link to Library Catalog

Canyon-born by Amanda Barrow

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Brutus Killed Caesar by John Baldessari

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Blue Nude Ponders the Passage of Time by Leslie Atik

Fan binding flip book made of 3 x 5 inch index cards held together by aluminum screw fastener. Stamp of Matisse’s Blue Nude with color pen drawings. Massachusetts College of Art…

Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug: 53 Drawings by Richard Artschwager

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Almost There by Emily Brackett

Tan hardcover with embossed title. Accordion fold book with six pages, prints, and text. Work is number 1 of 2. Signed by artist. Massachusetts College of Art student…

Social Insecurity by Emily Martin

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Suite Vénitienne by Sophie Calle/Please Follow Me by Jean Baudrillard

Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007. Please follow me. 1988. Link to Library Catalog

We are sorry by Cathy Busby

Title from colophon. ‘We Are Sorry’ presents excerpts from the 2008 landmark apologies to Aboriginal peoples by Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd (Australia) and Stephen Harper (Canada). The apologies are displayed side-by-side simultaneously…

Time for School by Micheline Bouju

Presumed Massachusetts College of Art student work. Link to Library Catalog

Visionaire. 39, Play

Editor-in-chief, Stephen Gan. Limited edition of 4000 copies. Consists of 16 artists’ flip books displayed in a wooden case. Contributors: Mario Testino, Baz Luhman, Steven Meisel, Pedro Almadóvar,…

Royal Road Test by Mason Williams, Edward Ruscha and Patrick Blackwell

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The Location of Lines by Sol LeWitt

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Reply (crumpled on her desk) by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano

Reply (crumpled on her desk) written by Florence H. Williams ; designed & printed by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano Originally published in 1930. The cover is enamaled wood with…

Modular Drawings: Sol Lewitt, 1976

Catalogue of an exhibition held in the Salle Simon I. Patino, Centre d’Art Contomporain, Genève, 1976. Link to Library Catalog

Young Masters and Misses by Telfer Stokes

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Arno: White Ass European Cowboy by Arno Hintjens

Editor, Kurt Vanbelleghem Limited ed. of 3000 copies with 50 signed and numbered by the artist. Each page of the book made from a rectanglar-cut long-play vinyl record….

Warm-ups by Allan Kaprow

Warm-ups was carried out by a small group of trios, using their own apartments, in and around Boston, in October of 1975. Warm-ups was sponsored by the Center…

Walls paper by Gordon Matta-Clark

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Visionaire. 55, Surprise

Books with pop-up illustrations and movable tabs designed by various artists. Title and author information from book covers. Housed in box 29 x 23 x 16 cm. Limited…

Various Small Fires and Milk by Edward Ruscha

400 copies printed. Link to Library Catalog

Unfolding Poems by Michele Wong Albanese

A collaboration between one poet and eight artists. Each book contained in the box presents a different poem as interpreted by the artist. Limited ed. of 27 copies….

Twentysix Gasoline Stations by Edward Ruscha

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Tunnel Vision by Laura Davidson

“The big view from my studio window on the corner of “A” and Wormwood Streets in Boston, MA.” A 3-D book with a view of the Big Dig….

This Is Just to Say by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano

Encased in a box ; cover of book is padded vinyl. “I took a letterpress class because I was attracted to the beauty of the print; type slightly…