Beyond the text : artists' books from the collection of Robert J. Ruben [ an exhibition at the Grolier Club ] / Yvonne Korshak and Robert J. Ruben

Identifier:REF.EC.1723

Dimensions:156 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Publication dates:2010

created by: Robert J. Ruben, Yvonne Korshak

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Ruben, Robert J., 1933-, Artists' books--Exhibitions, Private libraries--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs

Description:An exhibition catalog from the Grolier Club (March 24-May 28, 2010) representing a sampling of artists' books from the Robert J. Ruben Collection. "We have selected the books for this exhibition to provide examples of many of their characteristic forms and media, always with an eye to high quality... Artists' books may be accordian, codex, scroll, box book...They come in every variety of mixed media; they may have previously known texts, new texts, or no text at all... Creators of artists' books use type, materials, movements, colors, transparencies, contrasts of texture, and more assertive three dimensionality to convey information in the broadest sense. Artists' books do not have embellished texts: taken as a whole, they are the text." [Introduction] "Set in Trump Mediaeval types, printed in an edition of 1,500 copies on Mohawk paper by Capital Offset, bound by New Hampshire Bindery, designed by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.