The best of both worlds : finely printed livres d'artistes, 1910-2010 / Jerry Kelly, Riva Castleman, and Anne H. Hoy ; with a preface by Peter Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- author.

Castleman, Riva, author, curator.

Hoy, Anne H., author, curator.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- author, curator, book designer.

Contributor:

Ong, George, 1957- editor.

Grolier Club, host institution, publisher.

David R. Godine, Publisher, publisher.

C & C Offset, printer, binder.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists' illustrated books--Exhibitions.

Artists' illustrated books.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Artists' books -- 21st century.

Exhibition catalogues.

Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2011.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Diotima.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 9-188 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

China : C & C Offset.

Other Title:

Finely printed livres d'artistes, 1910-2010

Place of Publication:

New York : The Grolier Club, 2011, 2010.

Boston : David R. Godine, Publisher.

Summary:

Artists' books always contain art, and the art often serves as the primary reason for the book's existence. And the history of bookmaking, since the Gutenberg Bible, contains examples of books whose typographic and design excellence is immediately apparent and beyond dispute, but which contain no art. Occasionally, the two worlds intersect and overlap, resulting in books as noteworthy for their artwork as their printing, as praiseworthy for their artistic content as their design and manufacturing. In this full color selection of 77 books from Europe and the Americas, the authors select, and comment upon the "best of both worlds": books whose pages reveal the best graphic work of the past century; artwork from the hands of masters as diverse as Braque, Calder, Dine, Hockney, Mapplethorpe, Matisse, Maillol, Picasso, Oldenburg and Rivers -- coupled with memorable texts orchestrated by the best designers, printers, and binders.

Contents:

Preface / by Peter Strauss

Foreword / by Iva Castleman

Introduction / by Jerry Kelly

Acknowledgements and lenders

Catalogue

Afterword / by Anne H. Hoy.

Notes:

"Published to accompany an exhibition curated by Riva Castleman, Anne H. Hoy & Jerry Kelly held at the Grolier Club, N.Y., May 18-July 30, 2011'--title page verso.

"Catalogue edited by David R. Godine, Anne H. Hoy, and George Ong."-- Verso of title page.

"Set in Diotima types ... Printed and bound by C & C Offfset, China. Designed by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy retains dust jacket.

ISBN:

9781567924312

156792431X

OCLC:

678924367