#anne bertier

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Nicolas McDowall

Books On Books Collection – Nicolas McDowall

A Bodoni Charade (1995) A Bodoni Charade (1995)Nicolas McDowallMiniature accordion attached to paper over boards. H59 x W67 mm. 32 panels. Edition of 240, of which this is #1. Acquired from Bromers Bookseller, 16 August 2022.Photos: Books On Books Collection. A Bodoni Charade expresses a rare wit with 26 imaginative and original unions of letters, decorative type, text and images. The accordion…

View On WordPress

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Lisa Campbell Ernst

Books On Books Collection – Lisa Campbell Ernst

The Turn Around, Upside Down Alphabet Book (2004) The Turn Around, Upside Down Alphabet Book (2004)Lisa Campbell ErnstCasebound, colored doublures, sewn. H241 x W241 mm, 32 unnumbered pages. Acquired from Thrift Books, 5 November 2021.Photos: Books On Books Collection. From children’s picture book to artist’s book and back, certain techniques and tropes with the alphabet recur. Finding an image…

View On WordPress

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Books On Books Collection – Laura Vaccaro Seeger

View On WordPress

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Suse MacDonald

Books On Books Collection – Suse MacDonald

View On WordPress

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Anne Bertier

Books On Books Collection – Anne Bertier

Dessine-moi une lettre (2004) Dessine-moi une lettre (2004)Anne BertierCasebound, sewn. H258 x W258 mm, 56 pages. Acquired from Amazon, 17 August 2021.Photos of the work: Books On Books Collection. Anne Bertier’s three alphabet books cross sub-genres of the ABCs with distinctive style and educational challenge. While the answers to the visual puzzles are offered at the end of the first and last…

View On WordPress

[bookpickings]

Wednesday

Anne Bertier

A minimalist, maximally imaginative French picture-book about the essence of friendship and the nature of creative thought:

[explore-blog]

This unusual, minimalist, maximally imaginative picture-book by French artist Anne Bertier offers a brilliant geometric allegory for the essence of friendship and the nature of the creative mind.