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Title: Public art
Creator: Weber, Marshall
Contributor: Schäpers, Veronika
Date Created and/or Issued: [2007]
Publication Information: [Brooklyn, NY] : [Marshall Weber], [2007]
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections
Collection: Artists' books collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The authors or their heirs retain their copyrights to the material. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Rights Notes: [2007]
Description: Scope/Content: Unique book
Scope/Content: Consists chiefly of rubbings made with "wax crayon and graphite on pages of handmade Japanese kozo paper ... The covers are traditional handmade Nagabanshi kozo naturally dyed with persimmon and walnut juice. The rubbings are from the Einstein Memorial in Washington D.C., the Chandi and Labor History memorial plaques in Union Square, New York City, architectural plaques throughout NYC, the Confucius Memorial in Chinatown, NYC, and the Foley Square NYC history plaques in NYC ... This book was made over the course of four months from November 2006 through February 2007"--Artist's description.
Technique: Bound in "a hand sewn semi-exposed pamphlet stitch, designed and bound by Veronika Schäpers in Tokyo, Japan using Asaito thread"--Artist's description.
Type: physical object
Form/Genre: Artists' books--21st century
Rubbing --21st century Color
Unique books--21st century
wax crayons
graphite (mineral)
rubbings (visual works)
kozo (paper)
walnut (nut)
hand binding
Extent: 21 x 31 cm
Identifier: ark:/87280/t0ms3qnq
N7433.4.W43 P83 2007
Subject: political art
Memorials--New York (State)--New York
plaques (flat objects)
Memorials--Washington (D.C.)
memorials (monuments)
Place: United States
New York
Chinatown
Washington

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