The Blind Men and the Elephant
Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, November 2025. Hardcover. Number 1 of 10 deluxe copies signed and dated by the book artist. This is her third edition of this delightful work. Carol Schwartzott is an American book artist renowned for her limited-edition artist's books and miniatures, which blend typography, handcrafting, and thematic explorations of history, nature, and literature. She has been creating artists' books for over twenty-five years. Her work appears in many museums, libraries, and private collections including the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Operating Lilliput Press from her base in Freeville, New York—where she splits time with Florida—Schwartzott creates intricate assemblages using techniques such as letterpress printing, collage, stencil work, dyeing, and binding with materials like Japanese papers and custom boxes. Her works often function as journeys, layering facts, memories, and objects to evoke curiosity and intuition, with color serving as a dominant element.
This is the deluxe miniature version of a charming miniature book that Carol released earlier twice eariler in multiple copies. The most recent before this was one of 255 copies. The first edition of the book was issed in 1994.This copy has ten color illustrations of an elephant with a letter from "elephants" appearing on each page and the book's text on the other side of the illustration. The The book describes how six blind men from Indostan explored the elephant's structure and nature despite their blindness. Bound is gray cloth with a color decorated image of an elephant on the front cover. Housed in an opulently decorated box with a colorful stiched decorated top cover and various decorated papers covering the outer sides and the inside. A button is attached to the front side for an accompanying thread with an elephant charm to wrap around to hold the box closed. The book for this lovely production from Carol measures 2 x 2 inches square. The box measures 2.25 x 2.25 x 1inches. Unpaginated. MINI/061026. Fine.
Item #38338
Price: $300.00