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Farbnamenlexikon von A bis Z
Title
Farbnamenlexikon von A bis Z / Claudia de la Torre.
Publication
[Berlin] : BackBoneBooks, 2013.
Physical Description
6 folded leaves of plates : all black and white illustrations ; 42 x 120 cm folded 42 x 30 cm, box 43 x 31 x 3 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
Local Notes
ARTBIRR Folio N7433.4.T665 F37 2013 (LC): Copy is number 7/10.
Notes
Title from book artist's/publisher's Web site; imprint from box.
Silkscreened box containing six 6 Leporello prints and one audio disc. Edition of 10 + 2 artists' proofs signed & numbered.
Spoken word on audio disc in German.
Summary
"This edition is a response to the installation Farbnamenlexikon von A bis Z. The work is a selection of 50 colour definitions found in the book Farbnamenlexikon von A bis Z, a color lexicon edited in Germany and written by George Seuffert in 1950. This book is an attempt to classify the subjectivity of what a color is. I chose 50 descriptions found in the book, and selected 50 images from my archive according to the color descriptions contained in the book. The sound that accompanies the work is a voice recording of selected definitions. The viewer is free to decide which image corresponds to which description."--backbonebooks Web site.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: Farb namen Lexikon von A bis Z
Format
Audio / Books
Language
German
Added to Catalog
January 03, 2019
Subjects
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backbonebooks (Firm), publisher.
Faber Birren Collection (Yale University)
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