The stars Vija Celmins ; Eliot Weinberger

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author: Celmins, Vija 1938-
Author: Weinberger, Eliot; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI

"This book is a facsimile of The Stars, the third project in Contemporary Editions, a series of limited-edition books and other printed works published by the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York"--Copyright page; Celmins created three celestial prints for her project. "One print, inspired by the worn binding of an early 20th-century Japanese book, becomes the volume's mottled deep-blue cover; the second and third prints are images of the night sky, one of them negative--dark stars on a pale ground. For the text, Weinberger assembled a catalogue of descriptions of the stars drawn from around the world, and from an array of historical, literary, and anthropological sources."--D.A.P. catalog; The Stars was originally a limited-edition livre d'artiste published this year by the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art; Title from spine
Summary: An artist's book comprised of three prints by Celmins and text assembled from "descriptions of the stars from around the world"--Front cover flap

2005

21st century

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