Research Catalog

Title

Cent mille petits points / Mauro Bellei.

Author

Bellei, Mauro, 1959-

Publication

• Paris (France) : Les Trois Ourses, 2012.
• Bologne (Italie) Tipografia Irnerio

Supplementary Content

Publisher's description

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Trois ourses (Organization), publisher.
• Tipografia Irnerio, printer.

Description

1 folded sheet (23 unnumbered pages) : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Created from 13 sheets of 200 g white paper with matte black coating on one side, joined at edges to form a strip and folded accordion style; letterpress in white on the black side; last 3 pages are blank. Consists of title page, introduction and 10 full-page images composed of laser-cut perforations, with brief textual comments on opposite pages. The images are visible against the white surface of the verso of the strip when the pages are turned as in a conventional book, or the strip may be unfolded and illuminated from behind. Images are based on regular polygons: circle, icositetragon, octadecagon, dodecagon, decagon, octagon, heptagon, hexagon, pentagon, square. "Le lecteur oriente son livre vers la lumière qu'il préfère ... Les figures que le livre contient lui enverront de surprenantes réponses"--Portfolio.

Alternative Title

100,000 petits points

Subjects

• Polygons > Pictorial works
• Cut-paper works
• Bellei, Mauro, 1959-
• Geometrical constructions in art
• Laser art
• Artists' books > France > 21st century

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – France – 21st century.
• Cut-paper works.
• Laser art.

Note

• "Édité en 30 exemplaires numérotés et signés"--Colophon, on back flap of portfolio.
• "Traduction: Annie Mirabel. Impression et travaux laser sur papier 200 g. avec traitement UV. Achevé d'imprimer en février 2012 par Tipografia Irnerio, Bologne (Italie)"--Colophon.

Binding (note)

• Issued unbound, in stiff black paper portfolio and slipcase, printed in white. The last blank leaf of the strip is inserted in the back flap of the portfolio.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 2012 14-41

OCLC

883860877

Author

Bellei, Mauro, 1959- artist.

Title

Cent mille petits points / Mauro Bellei.

Publisher

Paris (France) : Les Trois Ourses, 2012.

Manufacturer

Bologne (Italie) Tipografia Irnerio

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

volume

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 23/30; initialed in white by Mauro Bellei.

Binding

Issued unbound, in stiff black paper portfolio and slipcase, printed in white. The last blank leaf of the strip is inserted in the back flap of the portfolio.

Connect to:

Publisher's description

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Italy Bologna.

Added Author

Trois ourses (Organization), publisher.

Tipografia Irnerio, printer.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 2012 14-41