Object Details
- author
- Ng, Katherine
- Author
- Record, Robert 1510?-1558 Castle of knowledge
- Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI
- Washington Project for the Arts (D.C.)
- Science and the Artist's Book (Exhibition)
- "Handset in Centaur, letterpress printed on Mohawk and written and designed by Katherine Ng ..." --Colophon
- An artist's book, with a structure based on the wishing stars (lucky stars) from Hong Kong
- Consists of one continuous strip of paper (5 x 64 cm.) printed on both sides in black and gold and folded into a pentagonal shape (9 cm.), inside which five small colored paper wishing stars (1-2 cm.) are hidden
- Cover title
- Publisher and date of copyright from colophon; possible place of publication from label on box
- Bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Katherine Ng
- In [the original?] 2-part box made from corrugated brown paper; the whole housed in an archival box 15 x 15 cm. for preservation
- Signed in pencil: Katherine Ng, 1994
- The Dibner Library copy [39088008442477] was displayed at the Washington Project for the Arts and the SIL Exhibition Gallery, May 1995-May 1996, for the "Science and the Artist's Book" exhibition. This artist's book was created in response to Robert Recorde's book, The Castle of Knowledge (London, 1556)
- 1994
- 20th century
- Call number
- N7433.4.N4 H97 1994
- Type
- Books
- Artists' books (books).)
- Artists' books
- Physical description
- 1 folded sheet 9 cm. in box 15 x 15 cm
- Place
- United States
- California
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Toy and movable books
- Artists' books
- Record ID
- siris_sil_528342
