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Celebrating Black History Month - Clarissa Sligh
In honor of Black History Month, Rare Books and Manuscripts is highlighting three pieces by Clarissa Sligh from our contemporary artist’s book collection. Clarissa Sligh’s work draws on her own experiences and understandings of how events in her life interact with specific moments in history. She ...
Artists’ Books that Tell HERstory
Artists’ books, simply put, are works of art in book form. Early forms of artists’ books are attributed to William Blake who famously illustrated his poetry in Songs of Innocence and Experience. In the early 20th century, Ambroise Vollard began to commission artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Picasso, ...