The Historian : A Novel

Creator

Elizabeth Kostova
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

2012

Keywords

artists' books; cutouts; altered book; Stacked & Altered exhibition, summer 2022

Description

1 book object. Altered book by unknown book artist. After page [iix] the remainder of the text is cut-out. A 19.5 x 9.5 window has been carved into the text block. A text message which begins, "My dear and unfortunate sucessor: ..." is printed on various raised lines of text which read from top to bottom. Original book was published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2005. Map on lining-paper. Gift of Jan Baker. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1455431~S4

Materials / Techniques

lining papers (coverings); cutouts; alteration (process and technique); paper

Measurements

24 cm