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Stories Your Mother Never Told You
March 21, 1982 - May 9, 1982

artists' books which feature a narrative line within a visual work

organized by  Norman B.  Colp

Al  Aguilar
Variation on a Theme by James Joyce
(1979) Flannel covered accordion book with photographs.
Ida  Applebroog
You'll See
(1979) Saddle stitched. Edition: all same size. A Performance. But I Wasn't There. I Feel Sorry For You. I Pretend To Know. It Isn't True. Look At Me. Sure I'm Sure. The Sweet Smell of Sage. You What?
Dotty  Attie
Mother's Kisses
(1982) Hand colored lithograph.
Barton Lidice  Benes
Family Secrets
(1982) 5 sections twisted to 36 long. Rubber stamped ink on linen tape.
Snapshots
(1975) Two folios with rubber stamped ink and hand colored images, color photographs in canvas envelope.
Snapshots
(1975) Two folios with rubber stamped ink and hand colored images, color photographs in canvas envelope.
Roz  Chast
Fun With Memo Pads
(1981) Color Xerox. All books same format.
Mondo Boxo
(1982) Color Xerox. All books same format.
Small Pamphlet of Things, The
(1981) Color Xerox. All books same format.
Somebody Goes to the White House
(1981) Color Xerox. All books same format.
Nat  Dean
Cat's Cradle
(1981) Rag and fibre boards, book cloth, latex and co-polymer paints.
Departure
(1981) Rag and fibre boards, book cloth, latex and co-polymer paints.
Carol  Forget
No Water Necessary
(1978) Roller towel with printed text.
Karen  Fredericks
It's a Dog Eat Dog World
(1982) Hand painted fired clay with pasta letters; accordion book.
Rob  Gardner
In the Land of Trulala
(1982) Cardboard, wood, springs, magic marker, typewritten type.
Howard  Goldstein
An Incident From the Reign of Terror
(1981) Glass, B/W photocopies, colored pencil.
Dorothy  Handelman
Speculations
(1977) Staple stiched book. Edition.
Tiffany Dialogues
(1979) Color ads with typewritten conversation; ten variations.
Barbara  Kruger
Picture / Readings
(1978) Perfect bound book of stories with photographs. Edition.
Stephanie Brody  Lederman
A Modern-Day Cowboy
(1979) Mixed media; brass fastener binding.
Chocolate Cake
(1979) Saddle stitched book. Edition.
Pain Beau
(1979) Saddle stitched book. Edition.
We Headed Straight For Cartier
(1980) Mixed media; portfolio book.
Adal Alberto  Maldonado
Falling Eyelids
(1981) Perfect bound book; photographs with text.
Barbara  Mauriello
It Took Me More Than 20 Years
(1981) Rubber stamped letters, painted and printed images, watercolors and inks on paper.
Raymond  Mingst
Ron and Ray
(1981) Bound book of color Xeroxes on rice paper with wool fabric cover. (Black and white Xerox copy of original.)
Barbara  Nessim
Stories Mother Never Told Me
(1982) Hand painted/colored drawings; sewn folios bound in bookcloth.
Claire  Owen
Asleep in the Deep
(1981) Twenty-three hand colored relief etchings, continuously attached in a clamshell box.
Mimi  Pond
Half Off
(1981) Printed book with half shower cap binding.
I'm in Oakland
(1980) Bound blueprint paper. Edition.
Notions
(1978) Printed book with vinyl cover and mixed media.
Elwood H.  Smith
14 Korrect Waze to Draw a Kat
(1982) Hand colored drawings; accordion folded.
Bart  Thrall
L.A. at Night
(1980) Paint and ink over paper and wood with metal hinge.
New Tenderness in Art
(1980) Paint and ink over paper and wood with metal hinge.
Robotrix
(1980) Paint and ink over paper and wood with metal hinge.
Sleep Waves
(1980) Paint and ink over paper and wood with metal hinge.
Anne  Turyn
Dear John Letters
(1981) "C" prints. Eight different images.
Kathleen  Volp
Luther and the Cactus
(1982) Pencil on paper, wood, lineoleum, abraded plexiglass, needles and pins.
Edward  Whitfeld
Journey
(1981) Bound book of hand set type with tipped in B/W transparencies and photographic prints; slipcased.
Susan  Willmarth
Incidents of Travel
(1982) Metal spiral bound notebook with typed text, pencil and collage drawings.

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