Sixteen Fine Bindings on the Art of Trout Fishing on the Rapid Streams, June 1st-June 30th, 1983, Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art / Metropolitan Museum of Art

Identifier:REF.GEC5.1496

Dimensions:[16] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Copyright dates:1983

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Fine bindings, Trout fishing, Exhibition catalogs

Description:Catalog from the Sixteen Fine Bindings on the Art of Trout Fishing on the Rapid Streams which took place from June 1-30, 1983 at the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art. From Introduction: “No two minds will draw the same inspiration from a text; different hands will bring different techniques to bear upon a theme. Nowhere is this better displayed than in a series of bindings on the same book…So let us settle back to earth, and be pleased to do a bit of trout fishing with sixteen Guild of Book Workers binders. They are from all parts of the country, trained in all parts of the world, and the exhibition should display a great variety in materials, technique, and style. I can think of a number of approaches to this book, but the real delight in a project like this comes from the binding which one couldn’t imagine, which takes the given aspects of a book and finds something still fresh, and new to say.” Artists represented include William Anthony, David P. Bourbeau, Lage Carlson, Betty Lou Chaika, Jerilyn Glenn Davis, Odette Drapeau Milot, Louise Genest-Cote, Donald Glaister, Ursula Hofer, Jamie Kamph, William Minter, Joseph newman, Gisela Noack, Gray Parrot, Julie Beinecke Stackpole, and Griselda Warr.