Site.BA-60

Site.BA-60


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University of Richmond Book Arts Studio

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Repository
University of Richmond Book Arts Studio
Identification
BA-60
Title
Site. 2018
Quantity
1 Volumes, 29 cm
Creator
Harris, Lyall F.
Language
English .
Technical
Rare Book Room copy is 7 of 50. Title from cover. Imprint from colophon. "With custom-made papers from Dieu Donné and gratitute to Tatiana Ginsberg, Site was printed and assembled in Charlottesville, VA, in 2018 in an edition of [50]. Any artist's proceeds from sales will be donated to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville"--Colophon. Letterpress printed on handmade papers from Dieu Donné. Stiff cover with title, tipped-in, folded broadside with watermark: Slave auction block, on this site slaves were bought and sold.
Description
"What happened, reader, where you are? What happens there today? asks the artists' book Site. Inspired by her discovery of a slave auction block on the first morning in her new town of Charlottesville, VA, Lyall Harris grapples with US history in a project where content is revealed and supported through its material components. With assistance from papermaker Dieu Donné, Harris created a watermark broadside, the key component of an artists' book that both points to the past and brings the reader into an awareness of present"--Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers website.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Artists' books
  • Slave trade -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
  • Slavery
  • Slavery -- United States
  • United States
  • Virginia -- Charlottesville

Note

In memory of Christine McGeorge McClintic, treasurer of the RFI/WCR Alumnae 1930-1977.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States
  • Virginia -- Charlottesville