Fort Lauderdale: Dorothy Krause, 2016. Hardcover. A unique artist's book on the distressing facts about the world-wide tragedy of missing children. Dorothy Krause, the book artist, 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.

From the text of Missing "It is estimated that at least 8 million children worldwide go missing each year including 800,000 in the U.S. A multilingual database that features photographs and information about missing children from around the world was established in 1998 by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC). In most African, Asian and Latin American countries, there are no specific laws regarding missing children, no established protocol for reporting, and no central missing child registries."

Bound by Krause with post bound boards, as if a photograph album, covered in moss green silk with a collaged image of a young girl in skeletal outline collaged over a text fragment that is mounted under distressed glass, with an etched copper plate affixed to the glass,and within a lead-wrapped wood frame. Printed on tan laid paper. Each of the 13 pages has an original 1.25 inch etched copper square with a shadowy child's image. The images are somber in feel and add to the gravitas of this tragedy. The colophon page has an original 3 inch square copper plate of grasses that is mounted above the artist's signature. The text is digitally printed on Graphix Matte Film. This book has 14 pages including the one page of text and measures 8.75 x 9.5 inches. A haunting production in fine condition. ARTB/030123. Fine.

Item #36418

Price: $1,500.00