The Book as Art
The Book as Art highlights artist’s books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The forward reads: The Book as Art welcomes readers to the amazing world of artists’ books. Treasures of intricate craftsmanship, artists’ books take every possible form, include every artistic medium and method of bookmaking, and engage every subject from food and family to politics and poetry, familiar tales to wild fantasy. One of the finest collection of artists’ books in the world resides at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. The collection contains over eight hundred unique and limited-edition volumes by such renowned artists as Mirella Bentivoglio, Meret Oppenheim, May Stevens and Claire Van Vliet.
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