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Enlisting Whitman: a pro memoria game for Emerson and Whitman / A.S. Lorenz.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Artists' Books Artists' Books 669
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lorenz, Angela, book artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass--Selections.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Essays--Selections.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Artists' books--Italy--Bologna--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Word games.
- Essays (Emerson, Ralph Waldo).
- Leaves of grass (Whitman, Walt).
- Italy--Bologna.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Artists' books -- 21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 cloth bag ; 39 x 30 cm + 1 pamphlet (17 cm) + 2 sets of printed playing cards (8 x 8 cm).
- Place of Publication:
- [Bologna, Italy] : Angela Lorenz, 2019.
- Notes:
- Title taken from printed title on pamphlet, upper cover.
- Contents in cloth bag: 1 printed pamphlet bound in buckram by the artist, with cover title stamped in gold; 1 set (96) of printed playing cards housed in a white sock and 1 set (96) of printed playing cards wrapped in an elastic bandage.
- "Ditty bag sewn by the artist with repurposed bedding, dishcloths and cloth napkins, in honor of The Sleepers, and the elevation of domestic work and professions involving physical labor in Leaves of Grass...Cover gold-stamped by Legatoria dell'Unione, Bologna on ochre buckram similiar to the Osgood Edition (1881-82). Pamphlet sewn and inserted into the cover by the artist. Pocket silkscreened at Inuit, Bologna, and ironed by the artist. Playing cards photo-lithographed by Sira Dingi, Bologna--Colophon.
- Edition of 100, signed and numbered by the artist.
- OCLC:
- 1128883811
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