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Dolly: edition unlimited

Item date(s): 1997

Karen Bleitz  - (designed and printed by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 182mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist.
Edition: #9/17


Place publication: London
Publisher: Circle Press

Additional notes:
Signed by the artist at 2339 Geranium St. San Diego, CA 92109.

Colophon: This work is dedicated to the "sublimely oblivious" sheep 6LL4 (a.k.a. Dolly) who was first introduced to the world by I. Wilmut, A. E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A. J. Kind, and K. H. S. Campbell in the article "Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells (printed in Times Roman) which was featured in the February 1997 issue of Nature magazine. The quotes and headlines (printed in Helvetica Bold) were collected from numerous articles, sorted, and implanted by the artist. Many untold thanks to Ronald King.

Illustrated in Of Green Leaf Bird and Flower p181: AB/2972

Illustrated in "Of Green Leaf, Bird and Flower - Artists' Books and the Natural World" edited by Elisabeth R. Fairman, 2014 on page 181.

Exhibition notes:
‘Celebrating one hundred years: The rise and development of the artists book over the last 100 years.’, Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg. April 1st, 2022, to June 3rd 2022.

Ref: GB/11226











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