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Petite ode à Jean François Champollion

Title: Petite ode à Jean François Champollion / Ron Padgett ; Betrand Dorny.
Author: Padgett, Ron, 1942-
Publication: Paris ; New York : [B. Dorny], 1990.

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Additional Authors

Dorny, Bertrand, 1931-

Description

14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 16 x 19 cm

Subjects

Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832 > Poetry
Artists' books > France > Paris > 1990
Privately published books > New York (State) > New York > 1990
Privately published books > France > Paris > 1990
Artists' books > New York (State) > New York > 1990

Genre/Form

Artists' books – France – Paris – 1990.
Artists' books – New York (State) – New York – 1990.
Privately published books – France – Paris – 1990.
Privately published books – New York (State) – New York – 1990.

Note

A triangle-shaped, spiral-bound, hand-made book which, when stood upright, resembles a pyramid and is thus evocative of the work of Champollion, the scholar who first deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Text by Ron Padgett, design and execution by Bertrand Dorny.
Place of publication and date from colophon.
"Petite ode à Jean François Champollion à été réalisé à 24 ex., Paris, New-York, 1990"--Colophon.
Text has been rubber-stamped and pages have been collaged, cut and spray-painted.

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon, "Ron Padgett" and "Dorny."

Binding (note)

Spiral bound, triangle shaped, hand made book.

Call Number

Rare Books 19-404

OCLC

183186758

Author

Padgett, Ron, 1942-

Title

Petite ode à Jean François Champollion / Ron Padgett ; Betrand Dorny.

Imprint

Paris ; New York : [B. Dorny], 1990.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon, "Ron Padgett" and "Dorny." NN

Binding

Spiral bound, triangle shaped, hand made book. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books 19-404 is no. 1 of 24 copies.

Rare Book Division Accession File 1990-1999 (rbk90.ask), Converted September 10, 2006.

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Added Author

Dorny, Bertrand, 1931- book designer, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 19-404

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