BOOK ARTS OR ARTIST'S BOOK -- An artist’s book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of “book” as inspiration. It is the artistic initiative seen in the illustration, choice of materials, creation process, layout and design that makes it an art object. A book that only contains text is simply a book; even if authored by an artist, it would be a book that belongs in a book store or the shelves of a library.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Unbound Blog.
Carson, Anne, Robert Currie, and Gaius Valerius Catullus. 2010. Nox. New York: New Directions.
Archives and Special Collections
PS 3553 .A7667 N69 2010
Kamisaka, Sekka, George Laws, and Dai Nihon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha. 1979. A Flight of Butterflies. [New York], [London]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Thames and Hudson.
Archives and Special Collections
NE 1325 .K25 A4 1979
