Alphabook 3 [2 v.]

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Alphabook 3 [2 v.]

Artist Scott McCarney (American, born 1954)

Publisher Scott L. McCarney, [Rochester, New York], 1986

Printer [Scott L. McCarney, Rochester, New York]

Date1986

Dimensionsbook: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 3/4 in. (150 x 104 x 19mm)
page (variable): 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (150 x 89mm)

MediumOriginal book objects: die cut and folding on Curtis Duplex gray cover paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMolly and Walter Bareiss Art Fund and Printed Matter Matching Gift Fund for Libraries

Object number

1987.55A-B

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Label TextAlphabet books are typically seen as solely the purview of children’s literature. McCarney instead makes the alphabet and number sequences sculptural. One can “read” the book as a series of letters, or take it in as a whole cylindrical sculpture from which individual letters emerge from the layers of cut paper.Exhibition HistorySplendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003; TMA, Word Play (October 16, 2009- February 7, 2010)