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The Transfiguration by Kathryn L. St. Clair

Accordian fold binding. MCA: Kathryn Louise St. Clair, alumna (MFA: 1996) Link to Library Catalog

The Plaid Pad by Brad by Jack Tomalin

Presumed Massachusetts College of Art student work Colored plaid paper cutouts glued to brown paper cutouts glued to white paper. Link to Library Catalog

The Four C’s: A Textile Swatchbook by Robbin Ami Silverberg

“Edition of 20 ; Four sets of textile swatches with proverbs from around the world: cooking – cleaning – childcare – crafts”–Colophon. Paper is hand-made. Link to Library…

Standards: A work of art commissioned by the Department of Art for the Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, January 16 – February 18, 1979 by Allan Kaprow.

Catalog of an exhibition designed by Allan Kaprow. Link to Library Catalog

Stairs by Rein Jansma

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Secrets: Variable Piece 4 by Douglas Huebler

Transcription of written responses to the artist’s request for “personal secrets” from “visitors at the exhibition SOFTWARE (Jewish Museum, NYC, September 16-November 8, 1970).” –p. 4 of cover….

Routine by Allan Kaprow

The idea was prepared in November 1973 and was realized the following December 1, 2, and 3, under the sponsorship of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts…

Records by Edward Ruscha

Photos by Jerry McMillan. Link to Library Catalog

Real Estate Opportunities by Edward Ruscha

Imprint from label mounted inside back cover. Link to Library Catalog

Rates of Exchange by Allan Kaprow; in association with Anna Canepa

A formal arrangement of verbal, kinetic, and durational moves carried out by a small number of couples in New York City, March 22nd and 23rd, 1975, under the…

Rape Is by Suzanne Lacy

Cover title: Rape. Author’s name from colophon. Link to Library Catalog

Neither Slave Nor Saint by Yvonne Booth

Each page has a translucent envelope pocket (6.5 cm. high x 7.5 cm. wide) sewn in the center, containing a 3.5 x 4 cm. removable digital image. Each…

My Mother’s Napkins by Anne Thompson

“Anne Thompson wrote, illustrated, hand-set, letterpress printed, & bound this book, finishing in 2004”–Colophon. Edition of 50. Brown cloth boards with Coptic sewn binding. Pages are paper napkins,…

Make Art: It’s good for you, it’s good for America by Leavenworth Jackson

Cover title: This is a book. Link to Library Catalog

Libro Illeggibile N.Y. 1 by Bruno Munari

Title from spine of jacket cover. “This is a unique book designed by Bruno Munari especially for the Museum of Modern Art. It is one of a group…

Laair by Bruce Nauman

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8: Ideas, Images by Garth W. Caylor, Jr.

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How To Touch What by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner

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House by Les Levine

Dutch, English, French and German. Text on p. [3] of cover. Link to Library Catalog

Holding It All Together by Tamara J. Oppenheimer

Hardcover book using accordian and dos-a-dos binding with two shared spines. Quarter binding with black fabric on spines and yellow legal paper on cover. Inside papers are folded…

Everything I Hold Dear by Laurel McMechan

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Herbario de Solitarios: Dechado de Tiempos Olvidados by A. C. W. (Anonymous Colombian Whoman)

A.C.W. is a pen name for Patrica Torres. Edition of 3. Plastic cover; linen, plastic and card stock pages illustrated with crocheted thread flowers. Title translates roughly to:…

Header — Words : Jessica Scott-Dutcher

1 box containing 21 hand-screened artist’s trading cards (2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.). “Each card in this box is printed with a pair of header words…

Headdress by Ann Kalmbach & Tana Kellner

Printed on one side of the sheet (actually a strip of 13 connected sheets), which is folded accordian-style and is attached to cover. Link to Library Catalog

And/Or : Green as well as blue as well as red by Lawrence Weiner

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General Catalogue No. 39 : Ordinary Conversations by J.C. Grigely & Co.

Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition “Ordinary Conversations,” October 5-December 29, 1996, MIT List Visual Arts Center. Link to Library Catalog

Echo-logy by Allan Kaprow

Echo-logy was carried out by a small group of persons moving in the water of a stream in Far Hills, N. J. on the weekend of May 3rd…

Denny and Maine Coast Artists by W.A. Shevis

Issued as a limited edition of 100 copies. MCA: William A. Shevis, alumnus. Link to Library Catalog

Cutaway by Sarah Bryant

“Printed on mylar, Rives BFK, and Hahnemuhle Copperplate. The text, set in Century Schoolbook, was printed from polymer plates.”–colophon. The top portion of each page has an image,…

Colored People by Edward Ruscha

Imprint from label mounted on t.p. Link to Library Catalog

Color – By the Book by Pamela S. Wood

“Star binding with a sewn non-adhesive spine and a glued fore-edge. Folded paper spacers in the spine area. Woven color strips on each page. Strips are hand painted…

Beijing 10/2003 by Ai Weiwei

Documentation of a 2400 kilometer journey by the artist through every street in Beijing. Captured at precisely-timed, five-minute intervals from a single channel video over 150 hours long,…

Artist Seeking Models by Lincoln Russell

“The first printing … is limited to two thousand copies … and fifty copies of a special leather-bound edition, including an original platinum print”–Colophon. MCA copy 15/50, signed…

Artificial Hills : 12 Real Photographs 12 by Angela Lorenz

Poem under each photograph. Edition of twenty copies. Photographs taken using techniques to produce images reminiscent of the 19th century. Issued in red card-stock case with flap enclosure…

Arcs and Lines by Sol LeWitt

All combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight lines, not-straight lines, and broken lines. Link to Library Catalog

Andy Warhol’s Index (Book) by Andy Warhol

(A Black star book) Link to Library Catalog

Touchstones by Pamela Paulsrud

Solut, the spine title, is taken from the remaining letters visible on the spine of the original book. This “book stone” is a book that has been sanded…

Point of View by Sarah Bryant

“… the back sides of the gate folds … presented a challenge. Somehow, this space needed to introduce each spread and use a system which unified the book…….

So On and So On by Emily Martin

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

Revolver by Robert Rauchenberg

Silk-screened plexiglass disks. Link to Library Catalog

Paper Rad, B.J., and Da Dogs by Paper Rad

Statement of responsibility from back cover flap. Paper Rad is a three-person artist collective including Jacob Ciocci, Jessica Ciocci, and Benjamin Jones. MCA: Benjamin Jones, alumnus (BFA: 199?)….

New Views of Old Italy by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano

New Views of Old Italy by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano Three accordion pop-up sections illustrated with digital images of cityscapes and landscapes of Italy. Title page information printed on white…

Women and Cars by Susan E. King

Women and Cars by Susan E. King Sheet folded accordian-style; between boards. Flag book. Link to library catalog