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Creator

Miriam Schaer
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
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Files

Creation Date

1992

Keywords

City streets, Automobiles, Signage, Ephemera, artists' books

Description

concertina fold spine with pamphlet sewn signatures, bound in paper covered boards, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box; book and box decorated with plastic toy trucks; box cover; cover; interior spreads; detail. Assorted bits of paper signs, pamphlets, business cards, flyers and other debris found on the streets of Manhattan are collaged to communicate street life in a busy city.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1187260~S4

Press

[Brooklyn, N.Y.]:M. Schaer

Rights

©Miriam Schaer, [Brooklyn, N.Y.]:M. Schaer

Materials / Techniques

collage; painting; stencil; board; paper; cloth; thread; plastic toy trucks; acrylic medium

Measurements

19 cm