Research Catalog

Title

Leonardo/Raphael.

Author

Beube, Doug

Publication

[New York, N.Y.?] : Doug Beube, [1994]

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Details

Additional Authors

Finley, Gerald E.

Description

36 pages, 89 leaves of plates : color illustrations; 18 cm

Summary

Unique artists book or "sculptural object" created by Beube using a power drill to cut concentric circles resembling the rings of a tree, moving from center of the upper cover of the volume in circles to gradually diminishing oblong shapes through the end of the plates section of the original book.

Alternative Title

Leonardo through Raphael

Subjects

• Artists' books
• Leonardo, > da Vinci, > 1452-1519

Genre/Form

• Adaptations.
• Altered books.
• Artists' books.
• Pictorial works.

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Rare Books 21-784 is inscribed in graphite on rear pastedown: "Leonardo through Raphael, D. Beube, 1994"; it is unclear if this is the artist's signature or has been written in by another hand.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Rare Books 21-784 retains publisher's binding of silver paper over boards; salmon-colored endpapers.

Call Number

Rare Books 21-784

OCLC

1414383801

Author

Beube, Doug, book artist.

Title

Leonardo/Raphael.

Publisher

[New York, N.Y.?] : Doug Beube, [1994]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Rare Books 21-784 is inscribed in graphite on rear pastedown: "Leonardo through Raphael, D. Beube, 1994"; it is unclear if this is the artist's signature or has been written in by another hand.

Binding

Copy in Rare Books 21-784 retains publisher's binding of silver paper over boards; salmon-colored endpapers. NN

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Added Author

Adaptation of (work): Finley, Gerald E. Leonardo/Raphael.

Other Title

Leonardo through Raphael

Research Call Number

Rare Books 21-784