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[Index cards with human hair]

Title: [Index cards with human hair] [realia] / Emiko Kasahara.
Author: Kasahara, Emiko, 1963-
Publication: [Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. : E. Kasahara ; NY, NY : Dieu Donné Paper Mill], 1998.

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Description

30 cards : cotton and linen paper, human hair; 8 x 13 x 2 cm.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Embedded papers (Paper) – United States – 20th century.

Note

Title devised.
Statement of responsibility from artist's signature; imprint from artist's resumé and data sheet.
"Collaborator and project director: Mina Takahahi. Assistants: Lee Running, assistant, edition papermaking ... [and others]"--Data sheet.
Each card with 10 strands of red or black human hair embedded in the top layer of paper, forming ruled lines. The project also included a memo pad constructed with the same material (cataloged separately).
Issued in stiff paper four-flap enclosure with button and string fastener. Stiff paper by Pat Almonrode; enclosure designed by Mindell Dubansky.

Call Number

Schlosser 961

OCLC

NYPG00-F304

Author

Kasahara, Emiko, 1963- Artist

Title

[Index cards with human hair] [realia] / Emiko Kasahara.

Imprint

[Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. : E. Kasahara ; NY, NY : Dieu Donné Paper Mill], 1998.

Local Note

Six sets of 30 cards produced, with the collaboration of Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc. This is no. 5/6, signed by the artist on container and dated 1998. There were also 5 cards produced as artist's proofs.

Accompanied by: "Project documentation" data sheet with Dieu Donné letterhead, signed by the artist and the collaborator/project director, and dated 2 Oct. 1998; faxed copy of artist's resumé.

Added Author

Takahashi, Mina.

Running, Lee. Papermaker

Almonrode, Pat. Papermaker

Dubansky, Mindell, bbinding designer.

Dieu Donné Papermill. Papermaker

Research Call Number

Schlosser 961

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