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R.H. Quaytman, Susan Howe, and others

Tom Tit Tot

2013

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Tom Tit Tot

R.H. Quaytman, Susan Howe, and others

Tom Tit Tot

Tom Tit Tot

2013

Physical Qualities Bound volume with color screenprint and inkjet prints and letterpress, Book: 325 x 260 x 25 mm. (12 13/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Women's Committee Acquisitions Endowment for Contemporary Prints and Photographs
Object Number 2015.153.1
Deluxe edition of 26 is hand-bound in black leather by Claudia Cohen in Seattle and includes one additional, loose impression R.H. Quaytman's "A Sketch of the Whole Complicated Subject of Universal History"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2015; Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.

Artist

R.H. Quaytman

1961-01-01 00:00:00

born Boston, MA 1961
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Author

Susan Howe

1937-01-01 00:00:00

American, born 1937
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Publisher

Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art

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Editor

May Castleberry

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Printer (screenprint)

Axelle Editions

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Printer (digital/inkjet print)

Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.

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Printer (letterpress)

Grenfell Press

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Printer (letterpress)

Leslie Miller

1957-01-01 00:00:00

American, born 1957
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Artist (letterpress)

Brad Ewing

1973-01-01 00:00:00

American, born 1973
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Printer (prints)

Brett Groves

1982-01-01 00:00:00

American, born 1982
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Binder

Claudia Cohen

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
A SKETCH OF THE WHOLE COMPLICATED SUBJECT OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
R.H. Quaytman, Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, and others
A Sketch of the Whole Complicated Subject of Universal History
2013
Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
Rembrandt van Rijn
Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
1651
POINT DE GAZE, CHAPTER 23
R.H. Quaytman
Point de Gaze, Chapter 23
2010
THAT GOOD M. RATAPOIL....HE HAS PROMISED THEM THAT AFTER HAVING SIGNED THE PETITION, LARKS WOULD BE FALLING DOWN ON THEIR BUTTERED TOAST!
Honoré Daumier
Ce bon Mr. Ratapoil leur a promis qu'après qu'ils auraient signé sa pétition les alouettes leur tomberaient toutes rôties.
1850
YES! MY DEAR, IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS THAT NO FOOD ENTERED THIS GOOD MAN’S BODY!… - I PREPARED A GOOD CABBAGE SOUP WITH BACON AND SOME POTATOES, THAT HE LOVES SO MUCH. THIS WILL GIVE HIM SOME STRENGTH. IF YOU'D FOLLOW THE DIET THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM, HE WOULD SOON DIE OF HUNGER…
Honoré Daumier
Oui ! ma petite, voilà plus de 3 semaines qu’il n’est rien entré dans son pauvre corps à ce cher homme !...... – Je viens de lui faire une bonne petite soupe de choux au lard qu’il aime tant pour le ravigoter avec quelques pommes de terre que s’il fallait croire les médecins on serait bientôt mort de faim avec leur diète………
1837
THE OYSTER. (YOU'LL WAKE ME UP AT DINNER TIME.) BIG, FAT, THICK, PLUMP, GREEDY, WAKES UP ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING IN FOOD AND SLEEPS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIGESTING IT. THE OYSTER DOES NOT EAT FOR LIVING, BUT LIVES FOR EATING. ITS LOCOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS ARE NON EXISTENT. IT VEGETATES ON THE SPOT AND ITS EXISTENCE IS MANIFESTED ONLY BY THE EXACTITUDE, THE NUMBER AND THE QUALITY OF THE MEALS. THE ENTIRE ENERGY OF THE OYSTER IS
Honoré Daumier
L'Huitre. (Vous m’éveillerez à l’heure du diner.) Grosse, grasse, épaisse, dodue, goulue, ne s’éveillant que pour prendre sa nourriture, et ne s’endormant que pour la digérer l’huitre ne mange pas pour vivre : elle vit pour manger. Son appareil Locomoteur et industriel est nul. Elle végète sur place, et ne manifeste son existence que par l’exactitude, le nombre et la qualité de ses repas. Toute son énergie vitale est dans son estomac. C’est ce qu’on peut appeler un animal de loisir, sa seule mission sur terre paraît être en effet de consommer sans travailler, tandis que d’autres travaillent sans consommer. Elle s’acquitte parfaitement de cette mission providentielle. – (Lacépède - Histoire naturelle)
1836