Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Flying Fish Press, publisher

Description

1. 22 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Uniform title

1. Reich der Blumenkönigin. Selections.

Subject

1. Flowers in art
2. Plants in art
3. Cut-out craft
4. Reading
5. Artists' books > Specimens
6. Artists' books

Genre/Form

1. Authors' autographs (Provenance)
2. Artists' books.
3. Specimens.

Call number

1. Rare Books 23-511

Note

1. Edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist.
2. "'Composite Impressions' was written and designed by Julie Chen. The fern images were photographed from an album of pressed ferns collected by Miss Mills, circa 1880, in the Sir George Grey Special Collections, Aukland Libraries, Auckland, New Zealand...The flowers were reproduced from 'Das Reich der Blumenkonigin', circa 1880, in the Special Collections at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington"--Colophon.
3. "[E]xamines the meaning of images and objects in relation to the activity of reading in today's digital age. The book presents images of natural objects and replicas of paper objects, both originating in the 1880s, combined with text that is self-referential in nature. Composite Impressions poses questions about the meaning of the reading experience, and asks the reader to assess his or her own reading process as it is occurring, both through interaction with the text and through interaction with the physical format of the book itself"--Publisher's website.
4. "Digitally printed text and images, oval cut out in brown book board frame with flora cutouts. Text across images printed on strips v-cut like decorative ribbons. Materials: paper, book board, book cloth, acrylic paint."--Publisher's website.
5. Pages are doubled book board on cloth hinges. All edges gilt. Spine construction allows book to open flat.

Provenance (note)

1. Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "36/50 Julie Chen."

Author

1. Chen, Julie, book artist.

Title

1. Composite impressions / Julie Chen.

Publisher

1. Berkeley : Flying Fish Press, 2015.

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Provenance

1. Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "36/50 Julie Chen." NN

Local note

1. Copy in Rare Books 23-511 is no. 36 of 50 copies.

Added author

1. Flying Fish Press, publisher.

Added title

1. Reproduction of (work): Reich der Blumenkönigin. Selections.

Research call number

1. Rare Books 23-511