Artists' Books
This professional artist's books collection is housed in the Fleet Library Special Collections department. Special Collections includes nearly 18,000 important and rare printed books and periodicals that date from as early as the 16th century to present. Historical as well as contemporary materials cover the fine arts, architecture, photography, decorative arts, and design and provide supplemental and inspirational resources for students, faculty, and outside researchers.
The physical Artists’ Books Collection includes nearly 2,000 multiples, hand-made book objects, limited edition books, and zines dating from the mid-1960’s to present. The collection also includes numerous related book arts references and artists’ ephemera files. Featured collections include bookmaking process archives of internationally known book artists Carol Barton, Ruth Laxson and Angela Lorenz. This digital collection presents an abridged preview of each book. Visit 2nd Floor, Rm. 201 of the Fleet Library or contact risdspecial@risd.edu to view the collection in its entirety.
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Things Don't Always Fall Into Place
Janet Zweig, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[16] pages : color illustrations. Cover title. "I separated the colors of these things directly onto black and white film by photographing each 4 times through the color filters that are the complements of process printing inks. Tom Sullivan recombined their colors on the Heidelberg Kord offset press at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, N.Y."--Colophon. RISD Faculty. Offset, experimental, printing. Pamphlet stitch. Paper cover includes a color reproduction of a Nancy comic strip panel. 2nd copy gift of the RISD Photography Resource Center.
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This Book is Extremely Receptive
Janet Zweig, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[144] pages : illustrations. Title and statement of responsibility span three leaves. "Printed at Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC by Brad Freeman. Bound by Mueller Trade Bindery, Middletown, CT"--Colophon. Sewn signatures glued into a reflective silver paper wrapper. A flip book with three lines on each page. Each line presents a narrative throughout the book. "Television text transcribed from The Burns and Allen Show, The Honeymooners, The Love Connection, The New Newlywed Game, The People's Court."--colophon.