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Collage book no. 3

Artist's Book
1987 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A dazzling label from an old soda bottle pasted over boards encases this small, simply bound book full of black and white collaged images by Barbara Tetenbaum. These have been created using a range of found images including Victorian woodcut illustrations, old manuals, trade catalogues and advertisements.

The jumbled imagery references history, literature, science and religion, the ancient and the modern. Each page is neatly overprinted with thin stripes of colour, adding a dynamism to the black and white of the collages. Sheets of tissue guard paper separate each printed page, reminiscent of those used to protect antique book plates, inviting the reader to treat 'Collage book no 3'. as a tiny treasure.

NAL copy is no. 7 in an edition of 25 copies.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCollage book no. 3 (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Printed book with collages images
Brief description
Artist's book, 'Collage book no. 3', by Barbara Tetenbaum, Triangular Press, USA, 1987
Physical description

Limited ed. of 25 numbered copies.
Title from strip of butterfly tape attached to the inside of the front and back covers. No text, all illsutrations, some colour.

54 pages.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11cm
Summary
A dazzling label from an old soda bottle pasted over boards encases this small, simply bound book full of black and white collaged images by Barbara Tetenbaum. These have been created using a range of found images including Victorian woodcut illustrations, old manuals, trade catalogues and advertisements.

The jumbled imagery references history, literature, science and religion, the ancient and the modern. Each page is neatly overprinted with thin stripes of colour, adding a dynamism to the black and white of the collages. Sheets of tissue guard paper separate each printed page, reminiscent of those used to protect antique book plates, inviting the reader to treat 'Collage book no 3'. as a tiny treasure.

NAL copy is no. 7 in an edition of 25 copies.
Other number
X890061 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041989023403

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2014
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