Charles Hobson collection: design and production materials for artist's books, 1985-2016
Series 37. Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes, 2002
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Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes, poem by Billy Collins, has been made as a limited edition of thirty copies in the summer and fall of 2002. It employs buttons, ribbons, feathers and a pastel monotype by Charles Hobson. Charles Hobson and Alice Shaw assembled the pages and made the slipcase. John Demerritt covered the boards in Fabriano Roma and the text has been set in 14 pt. Spectrum and printed letterpress by M & H Type, San Francisco.
Accordion binding. 8 1/2 x 7 x 1 inches (closed). Seven pages with hidden definitions and fold out stanza from an Emily Dickinson poem.
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
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