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The $2.00 lunch

Artist's Book
1989 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This artist's book chronicles a week of inexpensive restaurant meals. Starting with, 'Monday: Grilled ham platter', this meal is colourfully illustrated on the opposite page inside a black border. A meal for each subsequent day of the week is similarly described in one brief line on the left and depicted on the right hand page, ending with, 'Sunday: Closed'. Describing itself as 'a utility grade paper product', the book is beautifully bound in quarter leather with hand coloured illustrations. Number one in an edition of 16 copies signed and numbered by the artist.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe $2.00 lunch (published title)
Materials and techniques
Bound book, hand painted
Brief description
Artist's book 'The $2:00 lunch' by F. Tomas, New York, 1989
Physical description
Hand painted artist's book.
18 pages, 7 leaves of plates.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Summary
This artist's book chronicles a week of inexpensive restaurant meals. Starting with, 'Monday: Grilled ham platter', this meal is colourfully illustrated on the opposite page inside a black border. A meal for each subsequent day of the week is similarly described in one brief line on the left and depicted on the right hand page, ending with, 'Sunday: Closed'. Describing itself as 'a utility grade paper product', the book is beautifully bound in quarter leather with hand coloured illustrations. Number one in an edition of 16 copies signed and numbered by the artist.
Other number
X890063 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041989038567

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2014
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