Friday, March 18, 2011

table, ledger, trumpet and drum



from The Rainbow Book: Verses For Children by Samuil Marshak, illustrated by Mai Miturich, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974 (first English printing)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING ON A TRIP...BUT I WAS ONLY GOING DOWN STAIRS

Richard Tuttle: I Thought I Was Going on a Trip But I Was Only Going Down Stairs, York University, Toronto, 1997 (edition of 500, 10 pages, accordion fold on velum)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

57

Lion by William Pène du Bois, 1956 (Viking Seafarer edition, 1974)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Toys and Techniques

Visit Ben at Toys and Techniques.

Monday, March 14, 2011

GOTT IST DIE LIEBE

Marvelous Grace private press LP, Altona, Manitoba, no date (Kenneth Unger & Darlene Friesen, accompanied by their teacher Mrs. Dora Doell) (Thanks to M.Langlois so long ago.)

Saturday, March 12, 2011

!

What We Can Believe! by Trall Engle, Ohio, 1949 (distributed by The National Spiritualist, Chicago)

Friday, March 11, 2011

EYE-ME

from Everyday Japanese Characters by Michael Pye, The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1977

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Gabriel Orozco: The Weight of the Sun

The Weight of the Sun
A broom is suspended in mid-air by the counterweight of 13 objects found in or around the gallery; a banana peel, plastic cups, empty bottles...

From Of Games, The Infinite and Worlds: The Work of Gabriel Orozco, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, 2003

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Figure 40-44

spread from Mathematical Puzzles and Pastimes by Aaron Bakst, D. Van Norstrand, NY, 1954

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Misc. bookshelf (outbox)

Nyomjuk a Sodert by Kurti Hegedus, Budapest, 1970
For Me (Language Reading Experience Program) , Toronto, 1970
A New Introduction To Computers, ?, ?, ?
Worms by Lois and Louis Darling, Random House, NY, 1980
Khali Kaphi Hausa by Gupta Sudhansu, 1992 (hindi)
Pika-kun, The Signal by Tadashi Matsui, Tokyo, 1966 (illustrated by Shinta Cho)

It's time to thin out my shelves.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Uncoordinated movements of the mind

from Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino, 1983 (English translation, 1985) (This was Calvino's last book.)

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Art Education 12

from Collage and Construction: In Grades 1-4 by Lois Lord, 1958 (Scholastic, 1970)

Friday, March 4, 2011

Calder's Circus

Circus Performance, 1929 / Circus clippings from Calder's scrapbook / 3 stills from the film Calder's Little Circus, 1961 / Blue Elephant with Red Ears, 1971 / Tightrope, 1937 / Fratellini's dog, 1930 /Alexander Calder with circus lion, 1971
from Calder's Circus, Whitney Museum of American Art, E.P.Dutton, 1972