1988 Member Exhibition

Support for the Center for Book Arts’ visual arts programming is provided, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Exhibition Checklist:

Peter  Philbrook

Carol  Barton

Beyond The Page
(1983) Printed offset at the Writer’s Ceber, Bethesda MD in an edition of 200 copies, signed and numbered.

Ed  Colker

Selections for the Essay on Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1985) Offset edition of 200

Jane  Freeman

A Freelance Life
(1988) Felt with sewing notions and mixed media. Unique

Alastair  Johnston

Philosophical Investigations of L. Wittgenstein
(1980) Printed letterpress on handmade paper in an edition of ten copies.

Kumi  Korf

Soliloquy of a String Player II
(1987) Printers makeready sheets, etching, silk, threads.

Allan  Kornblum

A Book
(1988) By Charles Lamb
Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN
Handset in Baskerville and printed letterpress on a Chandler & Price platen press on mould-made Arches cover.

How To Be Modern Art
(1984) By Trevor Winkfield and Ron Padgett
Morning Coffee Chapbook, West Branch, Iowa
Handset in Goudy Modern, printed letterpress on an ATF Little Giant press on Ragston paper, sewn into Fabriano Ingres wrappers in an edition of 575 signed and numbered copies.

Little Mysteries
(1979) By Ken Mikoloxski, drawings by Ann Mikolowski
The Toothpaste Press, West Branch Iowa
Handset in Poliphilus and Blade, printed letterpress on handmade Mulberry paper in an edition of 800 copies.

Elena  Laza

Mnemonic Device from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, embossment and aquatint by Sergio Gonzales Tornero
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza

Native Tongue from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, linocut by Robert Blackburn
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza

Night of the Brassiere from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, etching and aquatint by George Nama
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza

Barbara  Mauriello

Long Stitch Binding Model
(1988) Japanese papers with vellum spine support, cotton embroidery thread. Unique.

Paper Quilts
(1979) Book sewn on vellum tapes, laced-on boards, drop-spine box

John L.  Risseeuw

Even Transcendentalists Get the Blues
letterpress on artist’s handmade paper

Susan Joy  Share

Three Book Necklaces
(1986) Board, cloth, photo, acrylic paint, paper, beads. Unique

Carol  Sturm

Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.

Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.

Carol  Sturm

Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.

Doug  Wolf

Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.

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