Dear Ray Anne
re: unusual covers
sandpaper
Invisible sighting; Edward Pien. [essay by Earl Miller]. Windsor,
Ont.: Artcite, 1998 31p.: ill. 22 cm.
metal
Bernhard Luginbuhl: Plastiken. Zurich: Kunsthaus, 1972
paper mache in the shape of a hand (life-size, 3 D)
Daniel Dingler. Windsor, Ont.: Art Gallery of
Windsor, 1988
24p.: ill. (some col.); 23cm.
velvet encrusted with gold
Das schwarze Gebetbuch des Herzogs Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Codex
vindobonensis 1956). Wien: Druck und Verlag der Osterreichischen
Staatsdruckerei, 1930
corregated cardboard
Transietn moment: Vancouver & the performance photograph.North
Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, 1997.
15p.: ill.,ports.;20cm.
Hope this helps you out. It sounds very interesting.
We keep a record of some so that we can find them easily and use them in
lectures about fine arts formats.
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Diana E.M. Cooper 604-822-3943
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University of British Columbia
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On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Ray Anne Lockard wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am inrterested in doing an exhibition in our library NEXT summer on
> books with unique covers/bindings. Titles I can think of off the top of
> my head include the MOMA catalog covered in metal (from the 1960s?), the
> Andy Warhol Museum book with the CD in the cover where Andy's eye should
> be, a new book we just received -- Jiri Georg Dokoupil: Every Cloud Is a
> Way (2002) -- covered in plastic with water or some other liquid under
> it!!! AND the famed CREAM catalog published inside a plastic pillow.
>
> Do any of you know of any other unique or outrageous art book covers? A
> fun question on what is here a dreary, rainy, cold day!
>
> Ray Anne
>
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