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New from Francoise Ly
71. Ly, Francoise. Les Demons
Gourmands. [New York: Panini Press, 2006. $500
Unique
scroll, hand painted by Francoise Ly, featuring 18 mythical
demons absorbed with food of some sort. The demons are
fanciful - mostly humorous and are sometimes even enveloped
by their chosen meal. Image size: 8-7/8
inches x 21-5/8
inches. Painted watercolor on Masa paper affixed to ivory
Japanese papers, part of which is affixed to linen backing,
and rolled around a clear Lucite dowel and closed with
string tie with bone toggle at end. Housed in white cloth
box with title printed in gray on paper label with Chinese
chop at bottom of label, closed with black horn clasp. An
amusing flight of fancy with creatures that are sure to
provoke a smile rather than fear. (9837)
72. Mnemonic Press. Bart, Harriet.
The Poetry of Chance Encounters. Minneapolis, MN:
Mnemonic Press, 2003.
$2,200
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One of
35 numbered copies, all on Rives BFK, from a total edition
of 40 (35 + 5 artist proof copies). Page size: 9 inches x
6-1/8 inches; 42pp. Bound by Jill Jevne: full brown box
calf, matching calf edged and gold paste paper by Claire
Maziarcyzk over boards slipcase. The book contains sixteen
visual poems on multi-color fields, each imprinted
with an icon in 22 karat gold. Each printed page has
a total of five press runs, including a varnish over
the icon and field with the impression of the gold
leaf imparting an embossed effect to the icon. The
basic typeface is Lydian, a stressed sans serif
chosen to complement the treatment of image and type
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The selected texts include: “Alchemy of
the Word” from A SEASON IN HELL by Arthur Rimbaud, “Visual
Poetry: Altered Text by Helmut Lohr,” “Daffadilly: A
Concrete Poem” by Phillip Gallo, Excerpt from Gregg
Shorthand: A light-line phonography for the million, and
“Walking Poem” by Harriet Bart and David Cole, among others.
Each text, or musical score, has an image, according to the
artist / author, weaving weights or glass bowls or centuries
old figurines of household gods or goddesses, printed in
gold. The artist’s statement reveals this is a contemporary
book of devotions, an illuminated manuscript of the
surrealist games of chance. It brings together in evocative
pairings of image and text, the artist’s love of the written
language and her passion for the found objects which have
been part of the iconography of her sculpture for years.
(9804)
73. Mnemonic Press. Bart, Harriet.
Punica Granatum. Minneapolis MN: Mnemonic Press,
2005. $2,400
 
One of
35 press-numbered copies from a total edition of 37, 35 + 2
artist’s proof copies) all on Magnani Pescia paper, signed
by the artist. Page size: 14-1/8
inches x 10-3/8
inches; 24pp; which include 13 page spreads printed on
rectos only. Bound by Jill Jevne: Coptic style in apricot
silk brocade, with the spine of each page reinforced with a
silk hinge; ribbon marker adorned with two ruby pomegranate
seeds; housed in custom-made apricot silk clamshell box with
recess for “pomegranate seeds” with “PG” monogrammed on
spine of box, fine. Designed and printed by the author /
artist, Harriet Bart, in collaboration with Philip Gallo at
the Hermetic Press. This beautiful book is handset in
Torino, originally cast by Nebiolo in Turin, with an
accompanying version in Greek, typeface created
electronically to match the Torino. Printed in three color
throughout, in muted tones, surrounding the engravings.
The artist’s statement reveals PUNICA GRANATUM was inspired
by travels through Israel. The profusion of pomegranate
trees, and the many images of them inscribed on ancient
stone fragments, fired her interest in this fruit of the
gods. In 2002 Bart cast a series of pomegranates in bronze.
That work led to this book. In PUNICA GRANATUM the
pomegranate is presented as the fruit of love and seduction.
Excerpts from classical and contemporary sources are
threaded together to form a new text which speaks in the
manner of a Symposium and extols the mythic powers of the
pomegranate. The text itself sensuously surrounds embossed
images of Aphrodite and a nineteenth century botanical
engraving of a pomegranate. The reader / viewer enters into
a sensual, image-laden natural world that is very difficult
to leave. (9805)
New from Suzanne Moore -
The Beginning of the Written Word
74. Moore, Suzanne. Amusings.
Texts by Richard Firmage, David Sacks, William Shakespeare,
and William Massey. Vashon, WA: 2006.
$7,000
Unique
Artist’s Book, signed and dated by the artist, on the
colophon. Hand painted, lettered, sewn, and collaged by
Suzanne Moore in layered pencil, gouache, acrylic, 24k gold
leaf and palladium on Arches Text Wove paper, Saunders
paper, and Japanese papers. Page size: 9 inches x 12-¾
inches; 28pp. Bound by the artist: brown Cave Paper, deep
terracotta end papers also dyed by Cave Paper, housed in tan
cloth clamshell box with white label painted in black
(acrylic) ink with red to highlight the letter “A” in
AMUSINGS and underlined in gold gilt, inset into box spine,
new. There are 14 pages that are lettered and painted, many
of which are collaged with various papers that have also
been painted, shaped, cut out, sewn, and otherwise
manipulated by this talented artist. Each page is an
original composition capable of standing on its own. Yet,
there is a narrative clearly evident in AMUSINGS, and the
reader / viewer is compelled to turn the page to find a new
astonishingly beautiful image. The beginning of the written
word is no small subject; Ms. Moore has risen to the
challenge with this magnificent book.
With great subtlety, her usual sureness of technique, and an
astonishingly powerful conceptual aesthetic, Suzanne Moore
uses her new book, AMUSINGS, to ostensibly focus on the
letter “A” and its place as the first letter of the
alphabet. She explores historic forms of the letter,
visually and textually, creating a sumptuous visual feast
that is at once provocative and allaying. Using various
texts as inspiration, she sets forth her own theories,
incorporating words in her paintings, concerning the
development of “painting speech” and its importance in
human history. For this reader / viewer, she answers once
and for all the question of “Is it Art or is it Craft” - at
least with regard to her work. For any lover of language and
art, AMUSINGS speaks directly and will resonate long after
the pages are closed.
Suzanne Moore, noted book artist and teacher, is again
creating one-of-a-kind artist’s books after several years as
Art Director of the Lettering Design and Font Development
Group at American Greetings and continues working on
illuminations for the St. John’s Bible. She is the only
American woman chosen as an illuminator for the project.
(9818) See cover.
Pop Up Movable from Lois Morrison
75. Morrison, Lois. After Water
Aerobics. Leonia, NJ: 2002. $750
Pop up
movable book, one of 14 copies, signed and numbered by the
artist, Lois Morrison. Conveyor box with movable text (think
of shooting gallery at a carnival) on Cross Pointe’s Synergy
and Passport blue papers. Made of plywood, davey board,
screws / washers, sand paper, acrylic paint, Tyvek, hand cut
and assembled by the artist. The conveyer boxes and box
covers were made by the men of the Heath Village Men’s Club.
The pop up conveyor box which houses the rotating figures of
women in the water aerobics class and the text which is
between each figure, is 18 inches long and 7-½ inches wide.
The figures rotate in a conveyor 6 inches high x 4-½ inches
wide. The text is on signs made of paper and printed in blue
via hand-carved rubber stamps with Gocco printed works. The
text reads “When exercise class is over the arthritics wade
out of the pool talking and laughing.” There are 10
double-sided figures of women in bathing suits (taking the
exercise class). The title and colophon are on yellow paper
printed in green via a Gocco on the sides of the pop-up
conveyer box. There is a yellow wooden handle that the
reader / viewer turns to see the figures move and read the
text. The figures are cut-outs that are painted and
collaged. The figures are repeated on the box cover as is
the title on yellow paper printed in green with a Gocco. The
blue papers over boards are edged with yellow wood the box
and box cover are fastened with yellow gros-grain ribbon.
This is one of the most inventive books from a book artist
renowned for her innovations. (9157)
76. Morrison, Lois. Dance.
[Leonia NJ: 2005]. $425
Unique
Artist’s Book from a series of “surrealistic, detrital books
whose five pages are interchangeable” according to the
artist, Lois Morrison, who has signed each copy of this
handmade book. Page size: 6-1/8
inches x 6-1/16
inches; 5 pages. Bound: loose in case of book cloth over
board tied with cotton tape. Title on front cover of case in
cutout “detritus”; images laminated onto Cross Pointe
papers. Each of Morrison’s five collages are laminated onto
Cross Pointe papers, although the collaged elements may not
be archival. While there is no text, Morrison’s exploration
of man’s relationship with the natural world - and the joy
it brings - is eloquently expressed. (9561)
77. Morrison, Lois. Geryon’s
Country. [Leonia, NJ]: 2005. $750
One of
25 artist’s books, each containing a three-dimensional
accordion-file bucolic scene of Geryon’s red cattle, as well
as three stand-alone cut-out figures, one of Geryon himself,
with legs, arms, and wings grommeted so all 6 legs and arms
and 2 wings move, and he can be inserted in the panorama
with his herd and his red dog, jaws grommeted so that he can
bare his teeth or not, and one figure of Geryon WITHOUT
wings but with his six arms and legs grommeted so that he
can be inserted in the panorama with his herd. The text is
Gocco-printed and color penciled onto digital color supreme
glossy recycled Arches text wove paper. The figure is
handout and assembled from Fabriano Tiziano lava red paper.
The text on the left side of the panorama recounts one of
Hercules’ twelve labors - the stealing of Geryon’s cows -
during which Hercules kills the six-armed, six-legged giant.
The text on the right side of the panorama cites Anne
Carson’s AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED in which she translates
fragments of Stesichoros’ GERYONEIS showing a far more
vulnerable Geryon, who had a red dog that was also killed by
Hercules during his theft. The text ends with “Believe what
you will.” Another two-sided story - provocatively and
beautifully told. Size: 5-3/8
inches x 9 inches opening to 4 inches; colophon on back of
panorama within foldout case that also houses cut-out
figure, the whole book housed in custom-made printed gold
and red cloth case, lined with red silk, fastened with white
buttons, fine. (9649)
78. Morrison, Lois. In the Land
of Shadows. Leonia, NJ: 2003. $1,200
One of
18 copies, each hand-numbered with the artist’s signature,
on Cross Pointe synergy and oriental papers and Tyvek. Page
size: 8 x 10 inches; six shadow-box pages. Bound: accordion
style with hand-dyed red, blue and white ticking over board,
hinged with hand-dyed yellow twill tape; yellow cloth, red
trimmed, hand-stitched wrapper. Cover with title embroidered
in green. Written, illustrated and bound by Lois Morrison.
The backgrounds are color copied; the green layers are
linoleum printed with oil based ink onto Tyvek; the figures
are printed with a Gocco Printer and float on .piano wires
hung from balsa strips. Morrison’s surreal characters frolic
in a pastoral paradise until something dark and dangerous
appears in the sky. The image of planes overhead is
inescapable. The text reads: “All is well/ in the land/ of
shadows/ until/ the black menace appeared/ humming in the
sky.” (9105)
79. Morrison, Lois. The Sisters
Saw It Happen. Leonia, NJ: 2005. $3,500
Artist’s
book, made of multi-fabric appliques and stitching on white
cotton, each page bordered in fabric of geometric print in
gray and pink and red. Page size: 13-½ inches high x 11-1/8
inches wide; 8 leaves with 15 pages of appliqued and
stitched images. Copper, aluminum, and brass elephants of
various sizes (approximately ½ to 1 inch) stitched to pages
with pink thread. Title stitched in red on lime green
ground. The artist has signed the book by stitching her name
and the date on the last page. The text reads, “Miss Mazie
and Miss Delitha saw it happen. Instead of following Mound
Man (small copper stick figure of man on this page) as they
had for aeons the elephants turned and went in the exact
opposite direction.” Housed in custom-made gray, pink and
red fabric cloth clamshell box with tan fabric sleeve. Ms.
Morrison’s images of elephants and women’s heads is at once
disturbing and beautiful. Lois Morrison’s unique fabric
books are highly sought after and do not often appear for
sale. (9560)
New from Lois Morrison
80. Morrison, Lois. Snakes Are
Not Nice. Leonia, NJ: 2005. $195
One of
25 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist, Lois
Morrison, printed on oriental paper from Staedtler’s master
carve, hand-lettered onto Nideggen paper, grommeted, and
bound in sharkskin over board forming 12-piece “snake” that
is highlighted with colored threads glued down on images,
several pieces to each piece, with images and text on one
side and sharkskin on the reverse, housed in maroon
“snake-catching” bag tied with green cord, fine. The pieces
were laser cut by Julie Chen. The title is hand lettered and
on the sharkskin-side of the snake’s head - which also has
stamped eyes. Yes, SNAKES ARE NOT NICE but this book is!
(9790) See inside front cover.
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