Artists' Books Reading List

The following is an introductory reading list on artists' books (expert from the V&A museum website)

• Bury, Stephen. Artists' Books: the Book as a Work of Art, 1963-1995. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1995. NAL pressmark: AB.95.0014

• Castleman, Riva. A Century of Artists Books. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1994. NAL pressmark: AB.94.0020

• Chapon, François. Le Peintre et le Livre: l'Age d'Or du Livre Illustré en France 1870-1970. Paris: Flammarion, 1987.
  NAL pressmark: 507.C.172

• Courtney, Cathy. Speaking of Book Art: Interviews with British and American Book Artists. Los Altos Hills: Anderson-Lovelace, 1999. NAL pressmark: AB.99.0001

• Drucker, Johanna. The Century of Artists Books. New York: Granary Books, 1995.
  NAL pressmark: 602.AC.0054

• Hogben, Carol and Rowan Watson, eds. From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists' Illustrated Books. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
  NAL pressmark: 603.AA.0251

• Hubert, Renée Riese and Judd D. Hubert. The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists' Books. New York: Granary Books, 1999. NAL pressmark: AB.99.0007

• Johnson, Robert Flynn. Artists Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000: the Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books. London : Thames & Hudson, 2002.
  NAL pressmark: AB.2001.0002

• The Journal of Artists' Books: JAB. New York: Interplanetary Productions, 1994-
  NAL pressmark: PP.115.A

• Klima, Stefan. Artists Books: a Critical Survey of the Literature . New York: Granary Books, 1998. NAL pressmark: AB.98.0013

• Moeglin-Delcroix, Anne. Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste: 1960/1980. Paris: Jean-Michel Place; Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997. NAL pressmark: AB.97.0003

• Peixoto, Tanya et al., ed. Artist's Book Yearbook. Stanmore: Magpie Press, 1995-
  NAL pressmark: individually pressmarked for each year held

• Lyons, Joan, ed. Artists' books: a Critical Anthology and Sourcebook. New York: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1985. NAL pressmark: AB.85.0001

• Turner, Silvie and Ian Tyson, eds. British Artists' Books, 1970-1983: an Exhibition . London: Lund Humphries, 1984. NAL pressmark: AB.84.0002

Turner, Silvie, ed. Facing the Page: British Artists' Books: a Survey 1983-1993 . London: Estamp, 1993. NAL pressmark: AB.93.0002


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