Slim artist’s book in stapled wrappers, 8vo (5.5” x 8.5”), 12 unnumbered pages, digitally-produced color collage imagery throughout. Published in 2013 by Ancestral Arts. A scarce and visually striking artist’s book by the distinguished African American historian, memoirist, and visual artist Nell Irvin Painter, issued during the period of her transition from Princeton historian to full-time visual artist. Blending appropriated historical imagery, Harlem Renaissance references, typography, and layered digital montage, the work forms part of Painter’s documented Art History sequence. Accompanied by a handwritten note on Painter’s Princeton card (“Happy summa, Edwin!”). No examples located in the trade at present. OCLC records only two institutional holdings, at Yale and the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Near fine.
Slim artist’s book in stapled wrappers, 8vo (5.5” x 8.5”), 12 unnumbered pages, digitally-produced color collage imagery throughout. Published in 2013 by Ancestral Arts. A scarce and visually striking artist’s book by the distinguished African American historian, memoirist, and visual artist Nell Irvin Painter, issued during the period of her transition from Princeton historian to full-time visual artist. Blending appropriated historical imagery, Harlem Renaissance references, typography, and layered digital montage, the work forms part of Painter’s documented Art History sequence. Accompanied by a handwritten note on Painter’s Princeton card (“Happy summa, Edwin!”). No examples located in the trade at present. OCLC records only two institutional holdings, at Yale and the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Near fine.
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