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Moon archive / Patricia Lagarde.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lagarde, Patricia, book artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Sidereus nuncius.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Moon--In art.
- Moon.
- Human beings--Effect of the Moon on.
- Human beings.
- Space flights.
- Artists' books--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Sidereus nuncius (Galilei, Galileo).
- Human beings--Effect of the moon on.
- Genre:
- Artists' books
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
- Art.
- Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm, in box (33 x 24 x 10 cm)
- Place of Publication:
- Mexico City : Ediciones Escarabajo, 2022.
- Summary:
- "The project consists in an archive comprised of five books, five chapters that revolve around the desire to reach the moon. A project that explores the public imagination across different periods, disciplines and products: astronomy, cinema, literature and mass-media: drawings, letters, intervened maps ... But above all it speaks about desire and wonder, about the fine line that exists between art and science and the possibility of inhabiting the realm of imagination. The Lunar archive is printed entirely in cyanotype, with more than 100 pieces inside ..." -- Accompanying booklet, laid in.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. Journey
- Volume 2. Cartographies
- Volume 3. Mass media
- Volume 4. Traces
- Volume 5. Inhabit
- Index.
- Notes:
- Artist's books by Patricia Lagarde.
- Title and imprint from colophon in index volume.
- Five volumes with cyanotype illustrations, printed on Japanese paper, and an index, printed on Hakuko select paper, housed together in box.
- Edition of 5.
- Book artist inspired by Galileo's Sidereus nuncius. See artist's statement, laid in.
- Issued in gray cloth covered slipcase box; title and image of the moon printed in blue ink.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1338245102
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