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Title
Zig zag : a book / by Werner Pfeiffer
Variant Title
ZigZag
Creator
Pfeiffer, Werner, 1937-
Publisher
Red Hook, NY : Pear Whistle Press
Date
2010
Physical Description
1 case ; 22 cm.
Description
Laid into drop spine case: One folded sheet (20 x 20 cm.) which unfolds into a paper structure with various panels containing text printed in red and black, including instructions for use of the work. Title from sheet laid into case. In compartment within case: One removable folded paper structure printed with red and black letters and held to case with paper fasteners. "The structure used in this book is a combination of two accordion folds. Both are first creased, then each segment is cut halfway through at the center and finally the two strips are merged together where the cuts have been made."--Sheet laid into case. "A book by Werner Pfeiffer exploring zigzag folding techniques, their structural as well as their kinetic effects on paper and the unusual rhythms they create in relationship to words and text."--Sheet laid into case. Limited edition of 60 copies.
Local Note
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Skidmore has copy no. 13.
Skidmore has copy no. 13.
Archive Location
Artists' Book Collection - Call Number: N7433.4.P433 Z5 2010
Content Type(s)
text
physical object
physical object
Language(s)
English
Rights Statement
IN COPYRIGHT
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Record Appears in
Artists' Books > Accordion/Folded
Identifier
526641