publisher
by Lynne van Rhijn, Ton Geerts
- Author(s)
- Lynne van Rhijn, Ton Geerts
- Publication
- Zwolle ; The Hague : Waanders ; RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2025. - 432 p. : ill. ; 21 cm, 2025
- Scope
- 432 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789462625907
Once described as ‘small explosions of intelligence and sensation, the seeds of wonder’ by poet Thomas A. Clark, the eschenau summer press publications stretch the definition of ‘artist’s book’ as far as it will go. Since 1974, from his home in Eschenau, Germany, renowned artist herman de vries (1931) sends out leaves of gold, the dust of some roads, the forbidden down of thistles. A longtime key figure in the book-as-art himself, most of these publications are the result of an open invitation from de vries to artist friends like James Lee Byars, Marinus Boezem and Melanie Bonajo, poets and musicians. This book presents all 77 of these shared objects through full illustrations and written clarification. Two essays connect the series to the international context of the artist’s book. From Sept. 28, 2024 to Feb. 16, 2025, Kunstmuseum Den Haag showed artworks by herman de vries combined with editions from the eschenau summer press publications.
- Person as subject
- herman de vries, James Lee Byars, Marinus Boezem, Melanie Bonajo, …[et al.]
- Keywords
- artists' books , publishing , art publications , archives
- Location
- Cabinet 8 - 4: Kunstenaars
