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Economy of Space
March 23, 1991 - May 4, 1991

Book Arts under four inches

Kathleen  Amt
Time Wounds All Heels
(1991) Reversible hinge book with polymer boards and paper hinges.
Pat  Baldwin
Along the Way
(1990) Accordion fold book with marbled covers, binding and seigraphic illustrations.
Cette Lumiere
(1987) Text by Guillevic. Accordion fold book with lithographed pages. Signed.
Pamela  Barrios
Alphabet Book
(1991) Alphabet book of cut-out, decorated pages.
Carolyn  Berry
Berries #16 1/2
(1991) Paper bound book with plastic berry, collage, photo and watercolor.
Martha  Bloom
Parts of My Body
(1991) Paper binding with lace glitter and collage.
Deborah Phillips  Chodoff
Heavy Black Book
(1991) Unique
Black papier d’Arches, found objects, steel disks, bound with a nut and bolt, housed in a tuna can.
Five circular collages of small found objects set in paper. Paper covered steel disks form the cover. Can be unbolted and displayed flat or wall mounted.
Marcia  Ciro
Notebook
(1990) Sewn book with plexiglass boards, collage and found objects.
Notebook
(1990) Sewn book with plexiglass boards, collage and found objects.
Notebook
(1990) Sewn book with plexiglass boards, collage and found objects.
John  Crombie
ABC in a Maze
(1987) Spiral bound book. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
JC
(1988) Spiral bound book. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Womb to Tomb
(1987) Spiral bound book. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Ruth Antrich  Ely
Off the Edge
(1991) Hand painted book sewn on guitar strings.
Timothy C.  Ely
Hybrid Vigor
(1991) Hardcover book with embossed foil covers and hand-illustrated pages.
Franklin  Feldman
A to Z; 1 to 10
(1991) Accordion fold alphabet book with hand-colored lithographed pages.
William  Harroff
At 32
(1987) Accordion fold book, offset lithographed.
Edward H.  Hutchins
Extended Family
(1990) Accordion fold book with stamped and cut-out pages.
Holiday Greetings
(1990) Accordion fold book, stamped and cut-out pages, ceramic board decoration.
Untitled(?)
(1991) A scroll printed with a hand-carved stamp in a plastic 'ice cream cone' container. Signed.
Sandra  Jackman
For Safe Keeping No Need to Read
(1982) Wooden and plexiglass box containing rolled paper scrolls.
Lara  Jones
(The Bible) For My Tears
(1991) Construction with Bible, wire, bandana, shotgun shells.
Babette  Katz
Winter's Tale
(1990) Offset printed linocut book.
Mary Jane  Kidd
Mixed Metaphors
(1991) Paperbound book with collaged pages, using natural found objects.
Warja  Lavater
Untitled (?)
(1977) Accordion fold book with acrylic boards in a wood box.
Edna  Lazaron
Once Upon a Time
(1991) Folded canvas pages, supported by pedestals of wood, plaster and paint.
Ruth  Lingen
Hesitation
(1982)
Mark Twain Compliments the President's Wife
(1984) Hardbound book with letterpress pages
Angela  Lorenz
Librex Solaris
(1990) Vellum bound book which operates as a sun-clock. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Red Empire
(1990) Letterpress accordion fold book in a slipcase. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Patricia  Malarcher
A Piece of the City
(1987) Cloth pouch, with xerox transfer pages, collage and marker.
Lumen Urbis (Series of 3)
(1987) Cloth pouches containing tags, with xerox transfer, collage and marker.
Silence (L) & Silence ( R)
(1991) Ready-made note books with cut-out.
Joe  Maynard
Vest-Elle
(1991) Green plexiglass boards with photographs, epoxy and oil.
Malachi  McCormick
Death of a Tree
(1989) Paper binding, handsewn, with Moriki endpapers.
Pangur Ban
(1990) Paper binding, handsewn, with Moriki endpapers.
Richard  Minsky
Music Theory
(1971) Full leather binding with onlay, hand-marbled end papers.
Linda  Muriello
Beloved At Rest
(1991) Ceramic box "tombstone" encasing leather-bound book. Box by Their Brady, drawings by Lynn Rogan.
Annie  Nash
37 Bodhisattva Practices -- A Tibetan Prayer, The
(1991) Cards with a box of cardboard, string and plexiglass.
Burn This Book
(1991) Matchbook with stamped American flag cover, matches.
Summer Rains
(1990) Screen book with collage of patterned papers, copper powder and glitter.
Summers at the Back Door
(1990) Screen binding with stamped and collaged pages.
Teresa  Pankrantz
Morning
(1987) Accordion fold book with 6 hand-colored etchings.
Jeffrey  Peachey
Four Inches
(1990) 19th Century book cut to size.
KA 37041 R130
(1990) Plastic hinged boards with epoxy, acrylics, magnets, and found objects.
Billie L.  Perkins
Brass Screw in the Thumbnail Book & Placed in a Little Itty Bitty Petri Dish
(1991) Binding of brass hinge and screws with pages of color drawings, in a plastic petri dish.
Sarah  Peter
By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them
(1990) Accordion book of miniature photos, bead ties.
Portable Gallery of Fine Art
(1989) Pamphlet in a plastic carrying case.
Time Out -- Paris
(1990) Collage book bound by a key ring, in a plastic slipcase.
Maria G.  Pisano
Sedia a Sdraio
(1991) Paper cube with folding pages, using relief prints, collage and monoprints.
Jo Anna  Poehlmann
Hawk Eyes
(1985) 16 hand-painted lithographs in a round wooden box with leather tiles. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Travelling / First Class
Accordion fold book with stamps in a 'suitcase' box with a passport for a colophon. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
James  Prez
Mutuals
(1990) Pamphlet of color xerographed drawings by Havah Ross.
Pet Book
(1990) Stapled book in clear plastic box.
Marilyn R.  Rosenberg
12
(1982) Interfolded accordion book with painted and cut pages.
Fragile I
(1983) Accordion book with cut paper and collaged pages, in a slipcase.
Fragile II
(1983) Accordion binding with cut mylar.
Label Stamps R, Section I
(1982) Stamp bookwork using color xerox and metallic inks. Unlimited edition.
Label Stamps R, Section II
(1982) Stamp book with visual poetry, using metallic ink and color xerox. Unlimited edition.
Matches
(1986) Accordion fold book with electrographically printed pages.
Maybe II
(1986) Interfolded book with pages of color Xerox and collage.
Claire Jeanine  Satin
JCMCJJ/ Dancers on a Plane/ Little Black Screen Book I
(1991) Braided wire binding with pages of painted aluminum screen, ink, steel filings.
Very Little Ghost Book
(1985) Paper covered book containing copier prints, graphite, metal powders.
Miriam  Schaer
Beyond the Garden Gate
(1990) Coptic binding with double gatefolds, in a folding box with ribbon ties.
Wendy K.  Shaft
Twelve Days of Christmas Ornament Book
(1990) Velveteen binding with beaded spine and linoleum block print.
Champe  Smith
Loaded References
(1991) Pamphlet binding with bone latch, with letterpress pages by the Pignon Press.
Bill  Sweeney
How Women Gaze
(1991) Binding of asphalt handmade paper with hand-transferred photo assemblage.
Donna  Thomas
Alphabet People
(1989) Artwork and text by Tanya Thomas, Peter and Donna Thomas' daughter. Letterpress printed by Peter on handmade paper. Bound in paper with paper label.
If You Would Have Friends
(1989) Accordion fold book.
Rags
(1985) Fullbound book in tan calf, with handset letterpress and linoleum cuts.
Weave
(1989) Heart shaped leatherbound book with pages of woven handmade paper.
Peter  Thomas
Alphabet People
(1989) Artwork and text by Tanya Thomas, Peter and Donna Thomas' daughter. Letterpress printed by Peter on handmade paper. Bound in paper with paper label.
Bayad - A Trip to the Phillipines
(1990) Oriental style binding, photocopied text and drawings on handmade paper.
If You Would Have Friends
(1989) Accordion fold book.
Rags
(1985) Fullbound book in tan calf, with handset letterpress and linoleum cuts.
Weave
(1989) Heart shaped leatherbound book with pages of woven handmade paper.
Cornelia  Vogel
Untitled work with 7 small books
Box with 7 books with hand-painted pages, string and collage. Courtesy of Tony Zwicker.
Stella  Waitzkin
Prayer Book
(1987) Cast resin.
Fran  Willner
Untitled
Matchbook with paint, collage and cut-up.
Marcia  Wilson
Etchings Made in One Week
(1991) 35 hand-colored etchings in a case binding.
Etchings Made in One Week
(1991) Hard cover book containing 7 hand-colored etchings.
Constance  Woo
Blackout
(1991) Paper, linen and acrylic construction, in a paper box.
Faith Dorian  Wright
Mosaic Strips
(1989) Accordion book with acrylic on handmade paper.

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