Journal article
Artists' Books in the University Libraries
Books at Iowa, Vol.54, pp.23-30
1991
DOI: 10.17077/0006-7474.1195
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Abstract
What exactly is an "artist's book"? There seem to be almost as many competing definitions for the term as there are for the word "art." Clive Phillpot, head librarian of New York's Museum of Modern Art, has what may be the most straightforward definition: a "book of which an artist is the author."1 Art critic Lucy Lippard provides a somewhat narrower definition that better reflects the scope of the present article: "Neither an art book (collected reproductions of separate art works) nor a book on art (critical exegeses and/or artists' writings), the artist's book is a work of art on its own, conceived specifically for the book form and often published by the artist him/herself."
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Artists' Books in the University Libraries
- Creators
- Timothy ShipeHarlan Sifford
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Books at Iowa, Vol.54, pp.23-30
- Publisher
- University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- DOI
- 10.17077/0006-7474.1195
- ISSN
- 0006-7474
- eISSN
- 2378-4830
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Special Collections and University Archives
- Record Identifier
- 9983993155002771
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