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A guide to higher learning
- Title
- A guide to higher learning / Julie Chen.
- Author
- Chen, Julie.
- Publication
- [Berkeley, Calif.] : Flying Fish Press, 2009.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher's description
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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. Amer. 2009 10-270 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 case : chiefly col. ill.; 30 x 30 x 10 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
- Mechanical works.
- Plexiglas (TM)
- Note
- "Written and designed by Julie Chen ... Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates by Julie Chen and Alan Hillisheim [i.e. Hillesheim] ... There are 100 copies in this edition"--Colophon, in "The answer book."
- Title page information from case.
- "Henri Ducharme and Laura Norin supplied all the mathematical formulas and equations that appear in the book ... The intricate patterns of lines that appear with the equations are origami crease patterns by Robert J. Lang and are used with his kind permission"--"The answer book," p. [3-4].
- "The piece is comprised of 8 sections of rigid square pages that are hinged together"--Publisher's description. There are also 4 square sections with Plexiglas windows, revealing a single word. These 12 sections are attached to the ouside of the central structure and fold out to a pattern according to the instructions in "How to unfold this book" (sheet mounted on inside of box top); diagrams and instructions for refolding on sheet mounted on tray inside box bottom. A black felt cloth for display and study of the work (87 x 87 cm., representing the size of the unfolded piece) is folded and inserted in a space at the top of the central structure.
- "The answer book" (1 booklet ([16] p.) : ill. ; 8 x 8 cm.) is placed in a recess in the top of the central structure.
- Binding (note)
- Issued in black cloth-covered clamshell box with printed and illustrated labels on top and spine.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 2009 10-270
- OCLC
- 431483819
- Author
- Chen, Julie.
- Title
- A guide to higher learning / Julie Chen.
- Imprint
- [Berkeley, Calif.] : Flying Fish Press, 2009.
- Local Note
- Spencer Coll. copy is no. 29; signed by Julie Chen.
- Binding
- Issued in black cloth-covered clamshell box with printed and illustrated labels on top and spine.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States California Berkeley.
- Added Author
- Ducharme, Henri.Norin, Laura.Lang, Robert J.Flying Fish Press. PublisherHillesheim, Alan. Printer
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 2009 10-270