Bird wing & plain planes by John Wood, 1994 ; in wonder of Orville & Wilbur Wright and their early experiments in glider flight, 1902

Object Details

author: Wood, John 1922-
Author: Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Experiments and observations in soaring flight; Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Some aeronautical experiments; Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI; Washington Project for the Arts (D.C.); Science and the Artist's Book (Exhibition)

"This book was done in response to two lectures by Wilbur Wright [i.e. "Experiments and observations in soaring flight" andd "Some aeronautical experiments"] published in two pamphlets of the Western Society of Engineers in 1903. ... I photographed the present landscape of the Outer Banks and made drawings and montages on the computer ..." --Preface (laid-in); Artist's book, created for the "Science and the Artist's Book" exhibition co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Washington Project for the Arts, May 1995-May 1996; Issued in slip-case; Printed on double leaves folded at fore-edge in the Japanese style; Subtitle of v.2: In wonder of Orville & Wilbur Wright and the photographs they took, 1902; Bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of John Wood; Each v. is bound in paste-paper boards with linen spine; both v. are housed together in a linen-covered slip-case with paste-paper label on front cover; The Dibner Library copy [v.1, 39088008656761; v.2, 39088008656472] is signed by John Wood and dated 1994 in pencil; The Dibner Library copy is the same one that was displayed in the "Science and the Artist's Book" exhibition
Contents: v. 1. Computer sketches -- v. 2. Camera sketches

1994

20th century

Type: Books; Pictorial works; Artists' books (books).); Artists' books; Specimens

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