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Last year at Kew Gardens

Title
Last year at Kew Gardens / Emily McVarish.
Author
McVarish, Emily
Publication
  • New York City : Granary Books, 2018.
  • San Francisco : Printed by Emily McVarish, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
  • Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 1922-2008.
  • DeMerritt, John
  • Granary Books (Firm), publisher
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
"Last Year at Kew Gardens is composed of words lifted from an 1858 guide to Kew Gardens and a 1961 screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Intercutting moments of inner life with global news headlines, the text attempts to track the phenomenology of media consumption and grasp how individuals metabolize world events. The book borrows its sweeping approach and contrasting scales from the tradition of the "world landscape" (Weltlandschaft). It uses the "language of cinema" to position subjectivity and the microcosm of a botanical garden to relate devastating personal experiences to the apocalyptic implications of climatic, economic, and political trends."--Granarybooks.com.
Uniform Title
New York times. 2016. Selections.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books.
  • Artists' books – 2018.
  • Artists' books – New York (State) – New York.
  • Artists' books – California – San Francisco – 2010-2019.
  • Limitation statements (Printing)
  • Autographs (Provenance)
  • Limitation statements (Publishing)
Note
  • "Written, designed, hand-set, and printed by Emily McVarish in San Francisco for Granary Books in New York City. Sir William Jackson Hooker's Kew Gardens or, A Popular Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew (1851), Alain Robbe-Grillet's Last Year at Marienbad (1961), and New York Times headlines (May-July, 2016) provided the text's source material. Last year at Kew Gardens was bound by John DeMerritt in an edition of 35, of which 25 for sale"--Colophon.
Call Number
MEMZ+ (McVarish) 23-132
OCLC
1020792794
Author
McVarish, Emily, author, book artist, printer.
Title
Last year at Kew Gardens / Emily McVarish.
Publisher
New York City : Granary Books, 2018.
Manufacturer
San Francisco : Printed by Emily McVarish, 2018.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Library copy is no. 25, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Added Author
Container of: Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865. Kew Gardens. 1851. Selections.
Container of: Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 1922-2008. Année dernière à Marienbad. Selections. English.
DeMerritt, John, binder.
Granary Books (Firm), publisher.
Added Title
Container of: New York times. 2016. Selections.
Research Call Number
MEMZ+ (McVarish) 23-132
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