Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Celmins, Vija, 1938-
2. Hammond, Jane, 1950-
3. Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
4. Taaffe, Philip, 1955-
5. Wegman, William.
6. Castleberry, May.
7. Reagh, Patrick.
8. Miller, Leslie, 1957-
9. Ladda, Justen, 1953-
10. Keleher, Daniel.
11. BookLab (Firm) bnd
12. Stinehour Press. prt
13. Patrick Reagh Printers. pop
14. Whitney Museum of American Art. Library Fellows.

Description

1. 1 box (2 v., 1 portfolio) : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Series statement

1. Artists and writers series ; 11th

Uniform title

1. Artists and writers series ; 11th.

Alternative title

1. Magicmagic
2. Magic, magic

Subject

1. Artists' books > United States
2. Toy and movable books > Specimens
3. Magic tricks
4. Blow books

Genre/Form

1. Artists' books – United States.
2. Blow books.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 10-187

Note

1. "The edition is three hundred copies, numbered one to three hundred. Ninety copies are reserved for the collaborators and sixty are reserved for the members of the Library Fellows. The first eighty copies are accompanied by an additional suite of prints"--Colophon of text vol.
2. Title from t.p. of text vol.
3. Deluxe edition consists of a volume of illustrated text by Jay describing the history of the "blow book" (a trick book containing several series of images on tabbed pages that may be flipped in such a way that different sequences of images appear and disappear); a volume that is a blow book, containing series of ill. by Celmins, Hammond, Ligon, Taaffe and Wegman; and a portfolio containing prints used in the blow book.
4. "The edition was organized by May Castleberry. The text volume was designed by Patrick Reagh and Ricky Jay and edited by Susan Green; the blow book was designed by Patrick Reagh, Ricky Jay, and Leslie Miller, with May Castleberry. Patrick Reagh set the letterpress text. Leslie Miller proofed the original graphics for the blow book at the Grenfell Press in New York, and the prints were editioned by Leslie Miller and Patrick Reagh at his shop in Glendale, California ... The offset lithography was printed by the Stinehour Press. Dan Keliher [i.e. Keleher] cut and collated the sheets for the blow book at the Wild Carrot Letterpress in Hadley, Massachusetts. The box, with a cover designed by Justen Ladda, and the binding are by BookLab, Austin, Texas"--Colophon.
5. Portfolio contains 11 prints: 2 prints apiece by Celmins (wood engravings), Hammond (photoengravings), Ligon (text-based photoengravings), Taaffe (relief prints) and Wegman (reproductions of photos.) and 1 unsigned print. The first in each pair is signed in pencil by the artist and the second is edition-numbered.

Language (note)

1. Blow book includes instructions "To operate the magic magic book," in English, French, German and Spanish.

Binding (note)

1. Each vol. in black paper covers; portfolio of black paper. Issued in a black cloth-covered clamshell box with design by Justen Ladda on covers, impressed in metallic red and silver.

Author

1. Jay, Ricky.

Title

1. The magic magic book : an inquiry into the venerable history & operation of the oldest trick conjuring volumes, designated "blow books" ... / adorned with original renderings from the ateliers of these esteemed delineators of artistic impression: Vija Celmins, Jane Hammond, Glenn Ligon, Justen Ladda, Philip Taaffe, William Wegman ; embellished with ancient iconography from the collection of the author of this curious compendium, Ricky Jay.

Imprint

1. [New York, N.Y.] : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994.

Series

1. Artists and writers series ; 11th
2. Artists and writers series ; 11th.

Local note

1. Spencer Coll. copy is no. 48; initialed in ink by Ricky Jay and signed in pencil by the 6 artists, on p. opposite colophon.

Local note

1. Prints in portfolio in Spencer Coll. copy edition-numbered 48/80.

Language

1. Blow book includes instructions "To operate the magic magic book," in English, French, German and Spanish.

Binding

1. Each vol. in black paper covers; portfolio of black paper. Issued in a black cloth-covered clamshell box with design by Justen Ladda on covers, impressed in metallic red and silver.

Local note

1. Accompanied by prospectus ([4] p.).

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. Celmins, Vija, 1938- Illustrator
2. Hammond, Jane, 1950- Illustrator
3. Ligon, Glenn, 1960- Illustrator
4. Taaffe, Philip, 1955- Illustrator
5. Wegman, William. Illustrator
6. Castleberry, May.
7. Reagh, Patrick. Book designer
8. Miller, Leslie, 1957- Book designer
9. Ladda, Justen, 1953- Binding designer
10. BookLab (Firm) Binder
11. Stinehour Press. Printer
12. Patrick Reagh Printers. Printer of plates
13. Keleher, Daniel.
14. Whitney Museum of American Art. Library Fellows.

Cover title

1. Magicmagic

Spine title

1. Magic, magic

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 10-187