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Scope and Contents Artists’ books are works of art in the form of a book. This collection consists of over 80 artists’ books created between 1970 and 2017. It includes works by famous artists like Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, Chuck Close, and Ed Ruscha as well as emerging artists during the period. There are also two reference works that provide intellectual context for the collection: Freedom of the Presses: Artists' Books in the 21st Century and Creating...

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Ingres and other parables by John Baldessari (1931-2020).

Scope and Contents From Wikipedia: An Anthology of Chance Operations (An Anthology) was an artist's book publication from the early 1960s, featuring experimental neodada art and music composition that used John Cage–inspired indeterminacy. It was edited by La Monte Young and DIY co-published in 1963 by Young and Jackson Mac Low in New York City. Its full title is: An Anthology of chance operations concept art anti-art indeterminacy improvisation meaningless work...

Scope and Contents Picture/Readings by Barbara Kruger, 1978. From the Printed Matter Catalog: "The pictures in Picture / Reading are pictures of houses seen from the outside. The blinds are drawn on all of the windows and there are no views to the inside. These are provided by the Readings – texts about the imagined lives of the inhabitants of the buildings. In contrast to the cool sleekness of the California architecture the texts are a little hot and bothered, touching on the emotional and physical lives of...

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Freedom, a Fable is a pop-up artist's book by Kara Walker (American, born Stockton, California, 1969).