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A home for hominstructs

Title
A home for hominstructs / prints by John Ross ; text by various authors.
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Publication
New York : High Tide Press, [1996?]

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TextRestricted use Rare Books+ 20-730Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
High Tide Press, publisher.
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 36 cm
Subject
Artists' books
Genre/Form
  • Constructions – New York (State) – New York – 1996.
  • Artists' books – New York (State) – New York – 1996.
Note
  • "The collagraph plates ... show the metamorphosis of structures into people, or hominstructs, with a text from early Russian contructivist architects ... The portfolio box is made by James DiMarcantonio ... The edition is fifteen"--Colophon.
  • Three cut-out sheets, printed on both sides, attached and folded. The whole can be reassembled into the shape of a house. Unbound in a box, with instructions ("How to assemble the home for the hominstructs") laid in.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross"; photograph laid in front
Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-730
LCCN
2002554571
OCLC
50684426
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Title
A home for hominstructs / prints by John Ross ; text by various authors.
Imprint
New York : High Tide Press, [1996?]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross"; photograph laid in front NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+ 20-730 is no. 11 of 15 copies.
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High Tide Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-730
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