Joni Mabe’s Books

& her traveling tribute to legends of country music

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:

Joni  Mabe

Book of Hair, The
(1982) Paper, handmade with embedded hair, bound with hair, letterpress title and colophon in handset Caslon type, wood box with glass lid, nest of hair, hairnet and comb.

Book of Nude Men and Rubbers
(1982) Collage; handmade paper, photographs.

Celebrity Designer Kotex Series
(1992) Volume 1
Unique
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Elvis Presley Autograph Books, The
(1982) Edition of three
Collection of Joni Mabe

Elvis Presley Scrapbook, The
(1982) Pop-up construction; handset type, mixed media. Courtesy of The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry.

Fucking Money
(1982) Unique
Collection of The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Joni Mabe World Book Encyclopedia
(1992) Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Joni Mabe’s Museum Book
(1987) Original manuscript
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Joni Mabe’s Museum Book
(1988) Offset printed at Nexus Press in Atlanta, Georgia, spiral bound

Joni Mabe’s One and Only Big Book
(1992) Book

Joni Mabe’s One and Only Big Book
(1992) Mock up
Published by Nexus Press in Fall 1992

Patsy Cline Scrapbook, The
(1989) Unique
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Sybil Suitcase, The
(1989) Unique
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

The Collections of Rejections
(1992) Volume 1
Collection of Joni Mabe

Untold Story, The
(1986) Original Manuscript
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Untold Story, The
(1986) Edition of 25
Collection of The Victoria and Albert National Art Library, London Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

Warf Rat, The
(1989) Unique
Courtesy of Tony Zwicker

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