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Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts: Subjugated Knowledges and the Balance of Power

Estera Milman, Ken Friedman, Stephen Perkins, Owen Smith, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

"This publication marks the twentieth anniversary of The University of Iowa's Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA) project ..."--title page verso. Metal spiral binding. Author is RISD Alumna. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Bibliothèque Jacques Matarasso : le surréalisme ; éditions originales, livres illustrés, manuscrits et correspondances autographes, reliures, revues, tracts et documents ; dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu à Paris, Hôtel Drouot; Jacques Matarasso Library: surrealism; first editions, illustrated books, manuscripts and autograph correspondence, bindings, reviews, tracts and documents; whose public auction will take place in Paris, Hôtel Drouot.

Loudmer, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

[286] p. : ill. (some color). Dealer catalog. Title on spine: Bibliothèque Matarasso. "Jeudi 2 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 1 à 274; vendredi 3 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 275 à 571; samedi 4 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 572 à 857."
Fluxus and Friends

Estera Milman, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

"The University of Iowa Museum of Art, January 23-March 13, 1988." Includes a separate checklist, inside back cover. Library has two copies, each with two checklist sheets. Gift of Estera Milman, RISD Class of 1970. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Estera Milman (RISD BFA Painting/Printmaking and Film, 1970) scholar of post-World War II avant-garde art. Founded Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art (ATCA) at the University of Iowa, 1982, and served as its director until 2000. She is the author of many books, articles, interviews, and exhibition catalogs on Fluxus and No!art. In December 2018 she donated a selection books from her library to the Fleet Library at RISD. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Stereo Headphones : an occasional magazine of new poetries

Nicholas Zurbrugg, Lourdes Castro, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

FREQUENCY: Irregular PUBLICATION DATE: Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1969)- Ceased with no. 8-9-10 (1982)? Number 8-9-10 includes "Stereo Headphones Record Number One: Chopin: Le temps aujord'hui ; Heidsieck: Canal Street Readings (7 inch record) LOCAL NOTE Library had Deluxe Edition, numbered in pencil on back cover, 12/15, signed by Nicholas Zurbrugg. The Deluxe Edition includes two prints by Barry McCallion and ? and an altered color illustration with the Arc de Triomphe cutout of the image by Lourdes Castro. Gift of Estera Milman, RISD Class of 1970. Estera Milman (RISD BFA Painting/Printmaking and Film, 1970) scholar of post-World War II avant-garde art. Founded Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art (ATCA) at the University of Iowa, 1982, and served as its director until 2000. She is the author of many books, articles, interviews, and exhibition catalogs on Fluxus and No!art. In December 2018 she donated a selection books from her library to the Fleet Library at RISD. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
The Eight World Theses of Master Johannes Baader concerning the order of mankind in heaven : with explanations of the same.

Estera Milman, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

In paper folder. Title from folder cover. Edition of 50 numberd copies. "Translated by Lerke Foster, designed and printed by Estera Pollock, Center Press, The University of Iowa"--inside leaf of folder. Originally printed at the Saturns in Mülheim an der Donau, 1919. Library has copy no. 42, numbered in pencil, inside folder. Gift of Estera Milman, RISD Class of 1970. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Estera Milman (RISD BFA Painting/Printmaking and Film, 1970) scholar of post-World War II avant-garde art. Founded Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art (ATCA) at the University of Iowa, 1982, and served as its director until 2000. She is the author of many books, articles, interviews, and exhibition catalogs on Fluxus and No!art. In December 2018 she donated a selection books from her library to the Fleet Library at RISD. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
La Femme 100 Têtes; The hundred headless woman

Max Ernst, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

17 leaves, [147] leaves of plates : illus. Title translation: The hundred headless woman. Plates arranged in 9 chapters, each accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. "12 ex. sur Japon Imṕerial numérotes de 1 à 12 plus 3 ex. H.C. ... 88 ex. sur Hollannde Pannekoek numérotés de 13 à 100. 900 ex. sur vélin teinté numérotes de 101 à 1000. Exemplaire vélin teinté. No 522" Gift of H. Lane Smith.
Japanese Art

Sadakichi Hartmann, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

288 pages, [22] leaves of plates : color frontispiece, illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index. Decorated cloth binding in green, light green and gold, signed "FR"? Gold leaf on top of text block. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham
The Rossettis : Dante Gabriel and Christina

Elisabeth Luther Cary, Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Fleet Library

xi, 310 pages : frontispiece, plates, ports. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. xi, 310 pages : frontispiece, plates, ports. "Christina Rossetti's poems": pages 282-287. Chronological list of paintings and drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: pages 288-301. "List of the more important writings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti": pages 277-281.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries

Rodolfo Lanciani, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

xxix, 329 pages, [36] leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, map, plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. One hundred illustrations. Includes index. Decorated cloth cover, white cloth on spine, red cloth over cover boards, gold tooling designs and decoration, title emboss in gold. Cover design attributed to Sarah Wyman Whitman. Case binding. Written in ink on front end paper: "H. B. Russell, Rome, March 16, 1894" Bequest of Mrs. Henry G. Russell from the Library of Mrs. A. A. Ives