The House Detective (abridged)

Creator

Emily Martin
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

1995

Keywords

Detective novels, Cops and robbers, artists' books

Description

Japanese folding screen, dos à dos accordion variation, with paper hinges mounted over foam core house-shaped boards; title page; interior foldouts; back cover. Phrases commonly found in detective novels are illustrated in a cartoon-like caper.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1049503~S4

Press

Iowa City, IA:the artist

Rights

©Emily Martin, Iowa City, IA:the artist

Materials / Techniques

photocopies of intaglio prints; cut up pages from old detective novels; collage; paper; foam core

Measurements

18 cm