New York: Béatrice Coron, 2012. Paperback. One of 3 copies. Created in the year of Hurricane Sandy, this book addresses rising sea levels and shows parts of NYC underwater. Rather than dwelling on tragedy, Coron chooses to focus on the theme of New York reinventing itself to accomodate. She depicts a duck show in place of the famous Westminster dog show. In the panels that do not depict the duck show, ducks are shown as taking the place of dogs in people's apartments and on the streets (which are now Venetian style rivers to be navigated by gondola). Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Hand-cut on black Arches paper. Size: 10 x 8 inches closed; 37 x 6.75 extended. Housed in a black folder with title, artist, and birds on front cover and ribbon ties. ARTB/081921. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2023. Paperback. Artist's Proof of 3 copies. A papercut book on black Arches paper featuring the poem "Obsession" by Baudelaire. Coron's papercut illustrations echo the lines from Baudelaire's poem, depicting a shadowy forest, the sea, the night sky filled with constellations, and a web of eyes (with the pupils hand drawn in white chalk). The poem is printed in metallic silver and gold in French. The two panels featuring a night forest are backed with a translucent handmade paper. This eight panel accordion fold book is housed in a black paper wrapper with metallic title to the front panel and a cord closure. The wrapper is handmade paper with mica inclusions. This AP has a different paper wrapper than the rest of the edition and the text is printed in a different color. Size (open): 7 x 44 inches; (closed): 7 x 6 inches.

Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website] Chstina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes Coron's work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." ARTB/030923. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2001. Hardcover. Number 24 of 25 copies. Beatrice Coron is renowned internationally for her book arts and installations. She is particularly known for her use of papercutting to tell stories and create books. This inventive and complex book by Coron is a departure from her works created by cutting paper. It first appears to be a traditional codex. However, when opened one discovers that the text pages in French of Verne's novel are bifolds that open to reveal facsimiles of his manuscript pages of that text. Even more unexpected are inserts between the pages that may be pulled out by green string to document the changes made in the text in the manuscript. A wonderful production. Soft covers in a Coptic binding. Inkjet printed and stenciled on paper. Housed in a blue cloth and black leather custom box with a title label on front cover. Size: 6 x 9 x 1 inches. Unpaginated. ARTB/081921. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2013. Paperback. 1 of 12 copies. A collaboration between Béatrice Coron and Shirley Sharoff. An oblong dos-a-dos bound in black paper wrappers. One side of this book is by Shirley Sharoff, an artist from Brooklyn, New York who moved (at a young age) to Paris, and talks about her ideas of what this new life would be like mixed with her childhood memories of New York City. The other side is written by Béatrice Coron, an artist from France who moved to New York City, and talks about her impressions of New York City. The text on both sides is in a mix of French of and English. Colorfully illustrated with collaged paper cutouts. All text is handwritten. The book can be extended as an accordion so that both sides can be viewed. Housed in a silver paper slipcase with triangular cutouts. Size: 6 x 10 x .5 inches.

Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. ARTB/081921. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2000. Number 3 of 3 copies. Each page is hand numbered with the edition. A book of computer related frustrations illustrated with handcut black Tyvek sheets mounted in six unbound white paper folios. One folio titled "Caught in the Web" depicts a person staring at a computer screen as a web of wires shoots from the computer and keyboard, wrapping around the room. Another titled "Going Through it All" shows a person throwing themselves through their computer screen, an axe at their feet. A third titled "Small is Beautiful" shows a person working on a tiny laptop that they can hardly see, bent over and crammed into a tiny alcove with books on shelves all around them. The fourth titled "Not in the Mood" shows a person sitting a desk holding a gun as the computer taunts them by blowing a party tongue roller. Each of the six folios is titled on the front in handcut Tyvek, which is covered by a clear mylar "screen." Housed in a grey cloth covered box with scratch board title label to front panel and a scratch board label with the artist's name, date, and edition number to the interior. The box is lined with embossed red paper. Minor rubbing and wear to box edges and panels. Size: 16 x 12 inches.

French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. ARTB/102723. Fine. More

New York: Beatrice Coron, 1999. Hardcover. Number 3 of 3 copies. Beatrice is particularly renowned for her skills and creativity with paper cutting. She writes: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world."

This charming work displays Beatrice's skill in creating papercut scenes that capture the variety of human activities. In this case, her four panel papercut depicts a restaurant outing, with diners arriving at a restaurant, having their meal and wine, and happily departing after their dinner. The black papercuts are laid over white gauze paper that showcases the images. There is a title overlay preceding the panels. Bound in black paper covers with a delighful tiny place setting of silverware that is visible through a cut-out to the cover of the box in which it is housed. Covers are in black paper with a gray paper spine. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7.75 inches closed and 5 x 32 inches open. ARTB/062024. Fine. More

New York: Beatrice Coron, 2002. A unique work from noted book artist Beatrice Coron. Beatrice is particularly renowned for her skills and creativity with paper cutting. She writes: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world."

This work has a four panel papercut done from Arches to depect a flow of images of skylines and people. The papercuts are housed in a hard cover folder with multicolored painted lines and a black leather spine. It in turn is in a blue paper slipcase. An interesting work in fine condition. Papercut opens to 3 x 29.5 inches. ARTB/062024. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2015. Number 3 of four copies. "Let's keep dancing if that's all there is! This is a lively and engaging book that Andrea Arroyo and Béatrice Coron did in collaboration. It features Arroyo's color illustrations of dancers and Coron's paper-cuts of dancers and the brief. It was created using Arches paper. The book is housed in a red cloth folder with the silhouette of a dancer affix to the cover. The book slides into an interior sleeve within. In fine condition. It measures 6 x 30 inches when extended.

Andrea Arroyo is an award-winning artist working in a range of media including public art, painting, drawing, illustration and site-specific installation. Her work is exhibited widely and is in private, corporate and public collections around the world. Her artwork has been published extensively including in or on the cover of The New Yorker, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and The Nation and has been the subject of over two hundred features in the international media.

French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website] ARTISTSB/082520. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2015. 3 of 3 copies. A lovely poem in French about black holes, white holes, music, and the troubadours of the universe. The author, James Noël (1978 - ) is a Haitian poet, writer, and actor that writes in both French and Creole. He has received numerous awards for his work. His poem is illustrated with handcut papercuts on black Arches paper, mounted on white accordion folded Arches with handmade paper inserts. Holes punched through the empty spaces in some of the letterforms resemble constellations when viewed from the verso. Housed in a folding paper case covered in black paper with silver stars. [8 pages.] Size: 30 x 5 inches (open); case: 4.25 x 5.25 inches.

French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. ARTB/102723. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2003. 5 of 8 copies. A nostalgic poem about a child and their teddy bear, which is loved, battered, and constantly in need of repair. An excerpt: "I could not explain why I flung it at my bedroom wall, kicked it across the room, held it by one ear, and beat it against the bedpost, not from hatred, but ecstasy - the only time in my whole life, I have ever been free to love in my own way." Bound in orange cloth covered boards with ribbon closure and metal teddy bear charm. Illustrated with handcut papercuts on black paper, which are mounted on handmade paper with rose petal inclusions. Size: 14 x 4.5 inches (open); 4.5 x 4 inches (closed).

Mick Stern is an artist and writer living in New York City. Stern received a PhD in English Renaissance Literature from New York University. He has taught English at Rutgers and other colleges. For more than twenty years, he taught screenwriting at NYU’s film school. A book review said about him: "Mick Stern's poems are clever, deep and humorous, real treat to read."

French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. ARTB/102723. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2001. Number 18 of 20 copies. A metaphorical poem about a clock in a French church tower that tolls each hour with the Latin inscription: "Each hour injures, and the last one kills!" This square shaped book is folded in such a way that each time 102623you unfold it, another segment of poem is revealed along with more of the clock. Time appears to pass as you unfurl the book and read the ominous poem. Illustrations of soldiers marching, running, and finally dying wrap around the edges of the clock. Pochoir (stenciled) illustration on hand made paper. The poem is in French with an accompanying English translation, printed on matching handmade paper. Housed in a black cloth covered clamshell box with a working battery powered clock that has been hand painted by the artist to resemble the clock described in the poem. It adheres to the inside of the case with magnets.

The poet, Pierre Jones Theophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, and critic.
Mick Stern, the translator, is an artist and writer living in New York City. Stern received a PhD in English Renaissance Literature from New York University. He has taught English at Rutgers and other colleges. For more than twenty years, he taught screenwriting at NYU’s film school. A book review said about him: "Mick Stern's poems are clever, deep and humorous, real treat to read."

French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. In fine condition. Book size: 4.25 x 4.25 inches. Box Size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 2 inches. ARTB/102623. Fine. More

New York: Béatrice Coron, 2022. One of 99 copies. An inventive set of cyber related tarot cards from artist Coron and writer Stern. There are 22 cards plus a card with the user manual that describes how the set can be used. The instructions state: "For MEDITATION, you can study the vanities and follies of humans nature. Please see the 1440 AD OS. For DIVINATION, you must be certified to read the hidden meanings of fate. Please contact a magus, shaman or warlock for instruction and apprenticeship. For all other purposes, such as paradigm shifting, game changing, inventing the future, and causing disruptions of all kinds, we make no guarantees. You AGREE not to hold this tarot deck liable for any surprises."

The cards draws upon the symbolism of the major 22 arcana of the Tarot and creates an equivalent from the online reality (the Magician is a Hacker and the Hermit becomes the Home Office Prisoner while the Wheel of Fortune is the Algorythm and the World Cyber Space). There are 22 major arcana tarot cards plus title, colophon and a card with the user manual that describes how the set can be used.

The cards are boldly printed in black, orange, and yellow. Each card has a black skeletal figure that illustrates the term on that card, e.g., online wanderer, hacker, influencer, gamer joystick, cyber security, troll. Each card is 3.3 x 2.16 inches. The deck is housed in a white box that is signed and numbered by Coron. Drawn in Illustrator and printed by Moo. In fine condition. PRI/051622. Fine. More