Research Catalog
Zero mass : the art of Eric Orr.
- Title
- Zero mass : the art of Eric Orr.
- Author
- Orr, Eric, 1939-1998
- Publication
- Lund, Sweden : Propexus, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | MEMZ+ (Orr) 11-2832 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Description
- 320 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – Sweden – 20th century.
- Note
- Blue steel covered book issued in 27 x 29 cm. styrofoam box, accompanied by a fired handmade ceramic globe by James Lee Byars entitled: The sphere of generosity.
- For Orr's piece "The matter of O" (p.15) the artist has applied his own blood to the book via a rubber stamp. Pages 25-26 are blank with a vertical tear deliberately made by the author. The "skull page" (p. 163-164) paper was handmade by Yoshio Ikezaki using kozo fibers and a powdered mummy's skull.
- "Published in conjunction with Eric Orr's exhibition at Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden, October-November, 1990"--Colophon.
- Essay by Thomas McEvilley.
- "Printed...in an edition of 1000 copies"--Colophon.
- Call Number
- MEMZ+ (Orr) 11-2832
- ISBN
- 9187952033
- 9789187952036
- OCLC
- 59714370
- Author
- Orr, Eric, 1939-1998, artist.
- Title
- Zero mass : the art of Eric Orr.
- Imprint
- Lund, Sweden : Propexus, 1990.
- Local Note
- NYPL copy is no. 49/ 75, signed by the artist.Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).
- Added Author
- Byars, James Lee.McEvilley, Thomas, 1939-Anders Tornberg Gallery.
- Research Call Number
- MEMZ+ (Orr) 11-2832