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Beauty in use
- Title
- Beauty in use / Sandra McPherson.
- Author
- McPherson, Sandra.
- Publication
- Newark, Vt. : Janus Press, ©1997.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover art and selected pages
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- Additional Authors
- Janus Press, publisher.
- Description
- 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 21 x 23 cm
- Summary
- Poems about quilts with illustrations of quilt patterns made out of cut, folded, and glued colored papers.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – Vermont – Newark – 1997.
- Note
- Cover title.
- Poems inspired by S. McPherson's collection of African-American quilts, illustrated by Claire Van Vliet with pages of interlocking papers to form two-sided quilt squares.
- Edition of 150 copies; signed by S. McPherson, C. Van Vliet, A. Holden and L. Larus.
- "The non-adhesive structure & design by Claire Van Vliet executed with Audrey Holden & Lulie Larus; boxes made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson in Guildhall, Vermont; papers are Japanese Chiyogami, Fabriano MacGregor-Vinzani, Strathmore, Janus, Barcham Green and Twinrocker"--Colophon.
- In clam-shell case (23 x 25 cm.), covered with various cloths; printed paper spine label.
- Accompanied by poly bag with small pieces of paper left over from the construction of the book.
- Provenance (note)
- Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Sandra McPherson," "Claire Van Vliet," "Audrey Holden" and "Lulie Larus."
- Call Number
- Rare Books 20-637
- OCLC
- 37971323
- Author
- McPherson, Sandra.
- Title
- Beauty in use / Sandra McPherson.
- Publisher
- Newark, Vt. : Janus Press, ©1997.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Sandra McPherson," "Claire Van Vliet," "Audrey Holden" and "Lulie Larus." NN
- Local Note
- Colophon: "Of 150 copies this is for The New York Public Library."
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Janus Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 20-637