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Pattern and flow : a golden age of American decorated paper, 1960s to 2000s

Title

Pattern and flow : a golden age of American decorated paper, 1960s to 2000s / Mindell Dubansky ; with an introduction by Sidney E. Berger.

Author

Dubansky, Mindell

Publication

New York : Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]
New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
©2022

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Description

183 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

Showcasing marbled paper, paste paper, fold-and-dye papers, and more, this book reveals a little-known arts phenomenon from its grass roots in the 1960s to artistic heights in the following decades. Pattern and Flow chronicles the flourishing of American decorated paper arts beginning in the 1960s and extending to the 2000s, with an ongoing legacy today. As knowledge and skills were shared across a grass-roots community in the 1960s, decorated paper became increasingly popular, with centers for the study of the book and paper arts emerging across the United States, and artists developing new, innovative styles of paper. The book begins with an introductory essay outlining the history of decorated paper arts in America up to the 1960s, followed by a chronological narrative, which surveys the development of the field and introduces the artists working from the 1960s to the 2000s, and an illustrated reference section with essential biographical and professional information for each artist. Designed to be an immersive experience, Pattern and Flow conveys the vivid visual world of American decorated paper, celebrating the variety and variations that are key features of the art. Stunning illustrations show designs with intricate, tessellated patterns and others that flow with forms and waves that seem liquid; some explore subtle, muted tones, while others are explosive in their use of brilliant colors. Exhibition: Grolier Club, New York, USA (17.01. - 08.04.2023).

Alternative Title

Golden age of American decorated paper, 1960s to 2000s

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Note

"The Paper Legacy Project Collection, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York, January 17-April 8, 2023

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 180) and index

Contents

Foreword / Kenneth Soehner -- Acknowledgments / Mindell Dubansky -- Glossary of Special Terms -- Introduction: American Decorated Paper from the Colonial Era to the 1950s / Sidney E. Berger -- The Paper Legacy Project : Preserving American Decorated Paper at the Thomas J. Watson Library -- A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper: 1960s to 2000s -- Artists of the Paper Legacy Project -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Call Number

JFF 23-376

ISBN

9780300266191
0300266197

LCCN

2022903191

OCLC

1344294231

Author

Dubansky, Mindell, author.

Title

Pattern and flow : a golden age of American decorated paper, 1960s to 2000s / Mindell Dubansky ; with an introduction by Sidney E. Berger.

Publisher

New York : Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]

Distributor

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 180) and index

Added Author

Berger, Sidney E., writer of supplementary textual content.

Soehner, Kenneth, writer of foreword.

Grolier Club, host institution.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JFF 23-376

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