Main entry:

Avadenka, Lynne, book artist.

Title & Author:

The uncommon perspective of M.E.J. Colter / by Lynne Avadenka.

Publication:

Huntington Woods, Michigan : Land Marks Press, 1992.

Description:

33 unnumbered pages mounted on a folded sheet : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Issued in a paper portfolio.
" ... limited to 100 copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt cream paper. The type is Kennerley old style composed in a variety of sizes by the Harold Berliner Typefoundry, Nevada City, California. The shaped paper was made especially for this edition by Kathryn Clark and designed by Lynne Avadenka at Twinrocker from cotton rag, earth from New Mexico, beaten straw and burlap. The book is housed in Barrett paper case"--Colophon
Text is printed in 3 gatherings sewn separately into an irregularly shaped strip of paper folded accordion style to form 4 double leaves made to resemble a pueblo dwelling.
Includes bibliographical references (page 33).

Summary:

"A biography of Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, an exceptional woman and a turn-of-the-century architect who designed and built structures throughout the southwestern United States. The largest number of her buildings still standing are found at the Grand Canyon. They represent a visual documentation of her vision, aesthetic concern, and design philosophy. The accordion fold book has three chapters pamphlet-sewn into the folds and is shaped like a Southwestern adobe house. And it feels like adobe!" -- Vamp & Tramp.

Resources:
Cover art and selected pages

Subject:

Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane, 1869-1958.
Women architects United States.
Buildings Arizona Grand Canyon National Park.
Artists' books Michigan Huntington Woods 20th century Specimens.
Artists' books Michigan Huntington Woods.
Femmes architectes États-Unis.
Constructions Arizona Grand Canyon National Park.
Livres d'artistes Michigan Huntington Woods.
Livres d'artistes Michigan Huntington Woods 20e siècle Spécimens.
Artists' books
Buildings
Women architects
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)
Arizona Grand Canyon National Park
Michigan
United States

Form/genre:

artists' books (books)
pamphlet bindings.
handmade paper.
Letterpress printing.
wrappers (book covers)
cut-paper work.
accordion books.
Artists' books
Accordion fold books.
Accordion fold format (Binding) 1992.
Artists' books Michigan Huntington Woods.
Artists' books 1992.
Livres d'artistes.
Leporellos.

Added entries:

Clark, Kathryn (Kathryn Haugh), 1944- papermaker.
Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.
Land Marks Press, publisher.
Harold Berliner's Typefoundry (Nevada City, Calif.), typographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87385
Call No.: ID:93-B2091
Status: Available