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France I

Item date(s): n.d.

John Eric Broaddus


Pages: unpaged
Size: 285mm
Binding: Printed fabric wrapper; Slipcase
Edition: Unique

Sub-type: Altered book

Place publication: (New York)
Publisher: Artist's Book
Cat. 072-C6-4/5
Exhibition 2017

Additional notes:
Blue suede chemise hand-stitched with multi-coloured thread. Printed cotton wrapper with title. Moulded slipcase 300mm.

See catalogue "John Eric Broaddus", Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, 2001: p11 - Collection of Jack M. Ginsberg, South Africa. Original publications of France I and France II bought from Tony Zwicker in June, 2001 for USD200 to show what unaltered book was like.

See similar item illustrated on page 123 and page 226 of The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists' Books by Renée Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, 1999.

This item illustrated on page 230 of The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists' Books by Renée Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, 1999.

Illustrated on page 93 and 112 of The Century of Artists' Books by Johanna Drucker, 1995.

Exhibition notes:
Item 072 - C6-4/5/6 on Booknesses: Artists' books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection.

UJ Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg

25 March to 5 May 2017

Faces, Spaces and Tenuous Places

JBCBA, WAM

6 February – 13 May 2024



Ref: GB/806


   


   



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