Research Catalog
The closed book
- Title
- The closed book / by Karen O'Hearn & Sjoerd Hofstra.
- Author
- O'Hearn, Karen
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; New York : ZET, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Neth. 1997 00-132 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 case (3 v.) : ill.; 38 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Potential motions.
- Breezes.
- Random events.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – Netherlands – 20th century.
- Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
- Manipulated photographs.
- Note
- "Printed in an edition of 20 and 2 artist proofs"--Colophon.
- Title from t.p. in v. 1; v. 2 has cover title only; v. 3 has special t.p. only.
- "Text #1 by J.P. Blanchard entitled 'My ascent was perpendicular' from his 'Journal of my 45th ascension, being performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793' and text #2 'And he was falling, falling' from 'The pupil' by Rollo Woolley, 1942"--Colophon, v. 3.
- The ill. are based on a photo. of a woman by Mikko Forsberg, Turku, Finland, found in a Brooklyn flea market, and on "sky photographs taken from various weather and climate text books"--Colophon, v. 3. Vol. 3 contains 3 ill. with moving parts, and a facsim. of the Forsberg photograph inserted in mounting corners on colophon leaf.
- Printed on double leaves.
- Binding: Publisher's brown cloth (v. 1 and 3); publisher's black leather, with decoration on front board in the image of a coffee cup stain, in brown cloth portfolio (v. 2). In brown cloth slipcase.
- Contents
- 1. The closed book: potential motions. [25] p. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm. -- 2. Breezes. [25] p. : all ill. ; 23 cm. -- 3. Random events. [25] p. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Neth. 1997 00-132
- OCLC
- NYPG00-B6846
- Author
- O'Hearn, Karen.
- Title
- The closed book / by Karen O'Hearn & Sjoerd Hofstra.
- Imprint
- Amsterdam ; New York : ZET, 1997.
- Local Note
- No. 3/20; signed in pencil by the artists in colophons of v. 1 and 3.
- Local Note
- Accompanied by 2 sheets ([2] p.) of descriptive text.
- Added Author
- Hofstra, Sjoerd.Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. Journal of my forty-fifth ascension. Selections. 1997.Woolley, Rollo. Pupil. Selections. 1997.Forsberg, Mikko.
- Added Title
- Potential motions.Breezes.Random events.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Neth. 1997 00-132