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Letterbuch (1)

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

This work is quite literally a book of letters; five sealed transparent plastic sleeves contain loose letter shapes floating within their confines. These are interleaved with sheets of graph paper which help to chart and fix the positions of the letters on the page. With a gentle shake of the book, they rearrange themselves, along with their attendant commas, semi-colons and full stops. In this way the abstract language or text of the book is constantly changing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLetterbuch (1) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Book, paper and acetate sheets
Brief description
Artist's book, 'Letterbuch', by Claudia Koelgen, Germany, 1987
Physical description
Artist's book made up of 5 sealed transparent plastic sleeves containing loose letters, interleaved with 7 sheets of graph paper and bound with 2 rivets.

11 leaves
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
Summary
This work is quite literally a book of letters; five sealed transparent plastic sleeves contain loose letter shapes floating within their confines. These are interleaved with sheets of graph paper which help to chart and fix the positions of the letters on the page. With a gentle shake of the book, they rearrange themselves, along with their attendant commas, semi-colons and full stops. In this way the abstract language or text of the book is constantly changing.
Other number
X8901554 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041987007697

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Record createdApril 3, 2014
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