Fort Lauderdale: Dorothy Krause, 2018. A unique work signed by the book artist. Dorothy Krause is a bookmaker, painter, collage artist and printmaker who utilizes digital mixed media. Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art, she and has been a Visiting Artist/ Artist in Residence at the American Academy in Rome, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University and on Oceania Cruise Lines. Krause is the author of “Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books”, (North Light, 2009), and co-author of “Digital Art Studio: Techniques for combining inkjet printing with traditional art materials”, (Watson-Guptil, 2004). Her books can be found in many public and private collections throughout the country. Her archives and the books featured in Book + Art reside at the University of Miami. Begun on a trip to Arizona, this compelling small book explores our appalling treatment of Native Americans. In the colophon Krause writes: "Historically, much of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma belonged to the semi-nomadic Apache tribes. In 1848 the United States moved into the Southwest and sought to subjugate the Apaches, who defended their homelands. The gold rush and the completion of the transcontinental railroad led to increasing numbers of white settlers coveting Apache land. The Apaches were finally defeated in 1886 when 5,000 US troops forced Geronimo and a group of 30 to 50 men, women and children to surrender. Some Apaches became prisoners of war, while others were forced onto reservations. The population of Apaches has been drastically reduced, their lifestyle lost and their languages, culture, religion, and ceremonies have fallen into decline. The demise of the Apache led to the prosperity of the white settlers who gained the land, natural resources and wealth of the Southwest United States. Our treatment of Native Americans is a shameful part of our past and present." This pocket accordion book was created using a structure developed by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol. The title is printed on an actual paper tag that has a muted multi-colored painted design. Vintage photos of Apache Indians from the Heard Museum in Phoenix are collaged onto small eco printed tags which are placed into the pocket accordion, with their knotted strings hanging out of the top of the book. The book is housed in a well-worn brown leather pouch with a long attached strap. In fine condition. Measures 5.5 x 3.75 x 1.75 inches closed and 5.5 x 28 open with 10 inserts printed back and front.. Unpaginated. ARTSB/030123. Fine. More

Stockholm, WI and St. Paul, MN: Midnight Paper Sales, 2021. Hardcover. Number 75 of 88 copies signed and numbered by the book artist, Gaylord Schanilec, a noted wood engraver, printer designer, poet, and illustrator. In this powerful and complex work, he contemplates the state of the country from the outset of the Covid pandemic in 2020 until the inauguration of Joe Biden in January of 2021. The crow - a corvid - becomes a visual symbol of the impact of the covid epidemic and other events on the country. Schanilec writes of his book: "During the first week of March 2020, as the novel covid virus blossomed in Manhattan, people from all over the world were gathered at the Lexington Avenue Armory, and across the street in the basement of the Saint Vincent Ferrer Church, to buy and sell books. Though the virus was on everyone’s mind, few refused to shake hands, and there were no masks. A week later, when I returned to the Midwest, the storm had struck. The list of the dead was growing dramatically—everyone was masked—and everyone stood at a social distance…almost everyone. I returned to rural Wisconsin where I found a matted crow feather in the wake of receding snow on the floor of Glen’s Woods, and Glen had been dead for years. I made an engraving of the feather, set a few lines of type and printed, but the result did not feel right—it felt rushed and unresolved. I was feeling jumpy, like a needle across a scratch. I decided to embrace that feeling. Tossed by the relentless jolts of the news cycle, what began as a simple rumination on death evolved into a volume of illustrated concept journalism." This compelling work comprises seven four-page, french-folded sections printed on gampi papers, with text handset in various typefaces. With three multi-color wood engravings, and various other elements engraved, or cut in wood. The text and illustrations together offer a searing portrait of the effects of the pandemic and of the Trump era on so many of us. The seven loose sections are contained in a black chitsu case made by Matthew Lawler Zimmerman at Studio Alcyon. In fine condition. Measures 9 x 12 inches. PRI/071122. Fine. More