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Great speckled bird, 2013 : multi-colored screenprint on perforated player-piano roll

Title

Great speckled bird, 2013 : multi-colored screenprint on perforated player-piano roll / Allen Ruppersberg and Gemini G.E.L.

Author

Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944-

Publication

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	MEMZ (Ruppersberg) 18-1617	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

1 sheet : color illustrations, portraits; 12 x 228 cm rolled to 12 x 5 cm in diameter +

Subjects

Genre/Form

Artists' books – United States – 21st century.

Note

Published in conjunction with the release of Allen Ruppersberg's limited edition screenprint, "Great speckled bird", produced at the Gemini G.E.L. workshop in 2013 (Gemini work number AR12-5365).
At head of title on box and roll: AR12-5365.
Includes Reverend Guy Smith's lyrics to the traditional Southern hymn of the same title.
One side of the roll is a facsimile of the artist book, the other side documents the exhibition held at Gemini G.E.L. Roll is held tight with an elastic band, metal grommet, and ball.
Box has paper title label mounted on lid top.

Call Number

MEMZ (Ruppersberg) 18-1617

OCLC

910243596

Author

Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944- artist.

Title

Great speckled bird, 2013 : multi-colored screenprint on perforated player-piano roll / Allen Ruppersberg and Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Los Angeles, CA : Gemini G.E.L. LLC, [2013]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

roll

Local Note

Library has copy signed and dated in black ink by the artist.

Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).

Added Author

Smith, Guy, Reverend.

Gemini G.E.L. (Firm)

Research Call Number

MEMZ (Ruppersberg) 18-1617