• Urashima, portfolio case front
    Urashima, portfolio case front
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Urashima / Tomie Arai

Altered books

FA.B36.0569
Fine Art Collection
[exterior portfolio case]: 27.8 x 23; [book]: 26.6 x 21 cm; [exterior portfolio case] 9 x 11 inches
2006
Center for Book Arts Workspace Arist-in-Residence 2005
Tomie Arai
Center for Book Arts
New York City
Altered books, artists' books, folk tales, pamphlet bindings
Number 13 in an edition of 20, signed by the artist. Portfolio case with chinoiserie paper embellishment that contains a November 2005 JCrew catalog that has been rebound in green printed silk with a stab binding. Catalog pages have been overprinted with illustrations in black ink and have also been interleaved with fiber paper pages of text of the folktale, "Urashima". "Urashima was produced in an edition of 20 with technical assistance provided through a grant from the Center for Book Arts..."--Colophon, signed by the artist.