Ricky Jay, Glenn Ligon, and others
The Magic Magic Book
1994
Scroll
- Author: Ricky Jay
- Artist: Glenn Ligon
- Artist: Vija Celmins
- Artist: Jane Hammond
- Artist: William Wegman
- Artist: Justen Ladda
- Artist: Philip Taaffe
- Publisher: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Editor: May Castleberry
- Printer (relief prints and letterpress): Patrick Reagh
- Printer (relief print and letterpress): Leslie Miller
- Printer (offset lithographs): Stinehour Press
The Magic Magic Book
1994
Physical Qualities
Two bound volumes with offset color lithographs, relief prints and letterpress, case with embossing, Book (vol. 1): 250 x 204 x 13 mm. (9 13/16 x 8 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Book (vol. 2): 250 x 204 x 17 mm. (9 13/16 x 8 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Case: 269 x 241 x 42 mm. (10 9/16 x 9 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Print & Drawing Society Fund, with proceeds derived from the 1995 Contemporary Print Fair
Object Number
1995.133a-b
Two volumes, soft bound enclosed in a black fabric covered hard case designed by Justen Ladda. One is a text volume with Ricky Jay's essay that provides the background and history of the magic book. The other is a blow book with images by the six artists Vija Celmins, Jane Hammond, Glenn Ligon, Justen Ladda, Philip Taaffe, and William Wegman.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Inscribed: Colophon page, graphite, '277'. Opposite page, graphite, 'J. Hammond', 'P. Taaffe', 'William Wegman', 'Glenn Ligon', 'V. Celmins', 'Justen Ladda'
Publisher
Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Meet Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American ArtPrinter (relief print and letterpress)
Leslie Miller
1957-01-01 00:00:00
American, born 1957
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