Research Catalog

Title

Rondo : an artist book / by Miriam Schapiro.

Author

Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015.

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Bedford Arts, c1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vincent, Stephen, 1941-
• Dai Nihon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha. prt
• Overseas Printing Corporation. prt
• Thomas Ingalls + Associates. bkd
• Brand X Editions. pop

Description

[30] p. : chiefly col. ill., port.; 32 cm.

Subjects

• Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015
• Artists' books > United States
• Dancers in art

Genre/Form

Artists' books – United States.

Note

• "This volume is also published in a limited edition of 80 copies, each of which is slipcased, signed and numbered, and contains an original silkscreen hand-embellished by the artist, also signed and numbered"--T.p. verso.
• "This is the second in a series of accordion-fold clothbound books for which contemporary artists are invited to create original work ... Book design by Thomas Ingalls + Associates, San Francisco ... First printing. Dai Nippon Printing Ltd. Printed and bound in Japan through Overseas Printing Corporation"--T.p. verso.
• Consisits of reproductions of 23 collages by Schapiro (images of dancers and related objects constructed from colored papers, pre-printed papers, decorated papers and patterned textiles) printed on both sides of a strip folded accordion style into [26] p., followed by [4] p. of text, comprising t.p., "A note on the work" by Stephen Vincent, and "Miriam Schapiro, a note on the artist ... Production note."

Binding (note)

• Publisher's purple cloth boards with col. ill. mounted on front cover. Special copies are issued in a black cloth-covered slipcase.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 10-242

ISBN

• 0938491121
• 9780938491125
• 093849113X (lim. ed.)
• 9780938491132 (lim. ed.)

LCCN

88024056

OCLC

18324039

Author

Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015.

Title

Rondo : an artist book / by Miriam Schapiro.

Imprint

San Francisco, CA : Bedford Arts, c1989.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 63/80 of the limited edition; signed in pencil by Schapiro and dated 1989. In addition, there is an original 25-color screenprint on a sheet (22 x 19 cm.) of Arches paper, printed at Brand X Editions, New York, inserted in pocket mounted on back pastedown. Print is inscribed on verso in pencil "Tangerine," numbered 63, signed and dated '88.

Binding

Publisher's purple cloth boards with col. ill. mounted on front cover. Special copies are issued in a black cloth-covered slipcase.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([4] p. on sheet folded accordion style) in publisher's envelope.

Gift of Elizabeth Phillips.

Place of Publication

United States California San Francisco.

Japan Tokyo.

Added Author

Vincent, Stephen, 1941-

Dai Nihon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha. Printer

Overseas Printing Corporation. Printer

Thomas Ingalls + Associates. Book designer

Brand X Editions. Printer of plates

Phillips, Elizabeth. Donor

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 10-242