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283 pages ; 21 cm + 1 case (27 x 20 x 8 cm)., Issue 38 of Visionaire consists of a romance novel, All Soul's Night, by John Kelly (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1947), to which new objects have been added by means of gluing or inserting them between the pages. Object include postcards, poems, photographs, a pop-up illustration, a fan letter (to the pop group Destiny's child), a feather, a cellophane sleeve containing pressed flowers (from singer Kylie Minogue) Embossed blind stamp on white title card mounted to front cover: Visionaire 38 Love. Mounted card inside front cover: "This one's from the heart ... Love ... belongs to ___________ This is number 6 in a limited edition of four thousand numbered copies. Includes a silver Elsa Peretti open heart pendant on a black cord. Issued with a Tiffany blue drawstring pouch and Tiffany blue case with white ribbon ties. In many ways, this issue was a response to the events of the past year. For us at Visionaire, love meant going back to our roots to create an issue with a literal human touch, something hand-made with an easy, uplifting message. For our contributors, love meant many different things. Steven Meisel contributed some of the first photographs he'd ever taken, shot on the street outside of New York modeling agencies ("I love ... FASHION"); photographers Mario Sorrenti, Craig McDean, and Peter Lindbergh gave us glimpses into their personal lives through portraits of their kids; and Tim Noble and Sue Webster gave us "Instant Gratification," a self-portrait in dollar bills ("CAN'T BUY Love"). LOVE also featured thousands of feathers gathered by milliner Philip Treacy, thousands of flowers curated by pop singer Kylie Minogue, and the pop group Destiny's Child sent us their favorite fan letter. There were also words of love, a first for Visionaire: original poetry and prose by Joyce Carol Oates, Kenneth Koch, Jonathan Safran Foer, and T. Cole Rachel. Each issue came with a silver heart designed by legendary jeweler Elsa Peretti. All of the artwork and tokens of love were inserted by hand into 4,000 vintage novels making each issue an actual one-of-a-kind object and a true labor of love. The issue brought us back to the first days of Visionaire, when each issue was hand-assembled on the floor of Stephen's apartment. Only then, of course, the hands doing the assembling were our very own."www.visionaireworld.com. Library has copy no. 6. Gift of Greg Foley, RISD Alumnus, AP 1991.
ISBN
Visionaire38_LoveTiffany&Co.pdf
Publication Date
2002
Imprint / Year
New York : Visionaire Publishing, 2002.
Measurements
21 cm + 1 case (27 x 20 x 8 cm).
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Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
color printing; illustration (process); art photography; graphic design; assemblage (sculpture technique); found objects; pouches; drawstring bag; blind stamping; embossing; silver (color); ribbon (material); boxes (containers); clamshell box; periodicals; collaboration; art photography; portraits; fashion (concept); illustrations (layout features); Tiffany and Company (American glass, ceramics, silver, and jewelry manufactory, 19th-21st centuries); assemblages (sculpture); novels; romantic fiction; pendants (jewelry); poetry; found objects; love; fandom
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg; and Tiffany and Co., "Visionaire 38: Love Tiffany & Co" (2002). Visionaire. 46.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/46