Advanced Search 
Liber mobile--an experimental book
Werner Pfeiffer (American, born in Germany, 1937)
Printer and Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press (American, 20th century)
Printer and Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press (American, 20th century)
1967
Place of Publication: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with variable color-printed typographic designs
Dimensions
Overall: 49.9 x 35.4 x 1.3 cm (19 5/8 x 13 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number2007.733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Brooklyn: Pratt Adlib Press, 1967
Description(Brooklyn: Pratt Adlib Press, 1967) Folio, unbound; [3 ff.] 6 variable folding sheets with cutout designs [2 ff., plus additional leaf with cutout]; publisher's original portfolio in black cloth.
Variable typographic designs and cutout windows. Artist’s note preceding colophon page describes this as a "collection of six sheets with twelve circular motifs based on a theme of typographic exploration; letters not to be read, but shapes and forms to speak their own language.... Folding along the indicated scores, each page can be divided into four equal sections, allowing several combinations of one sheet plus any number of arrangements with different units" The possible variants are therefore "almost unlimited," according to the artist.
According to the colophon, this title is keepsake no. 11 in a series issued by the Pratt Adlib Press, and the first in a series by individual faculty members. It was printed by the artist on a Vandercook proof press on Curtis Colophon text 100 lb paper (Fabriano was used for the cover). This is no. 10 of 130 copies.
Variable typographic designs and cutout windows. Artist’s note preceding colophon page describes this as a "collection of six sheets with twelve circular motifs based on a theme of typographic exploration; letters not to be read, but shapes and forms to speak their own language.... Folding along the indicated scores, each page can be divided into four equal sections, allowing several combinations of one sheet plus any number of arrangements with different units" The possible variants are therefore "almost unlimited," according to the artist.
According to the colophon, this title is keepsake no. 11 in a series issued by the Pratt Adlib Press, and the first in a series by individual faculty members. It was printed by the artist on a Vandercook proof press on Curtis Colophon text 100 lb paper (Fabriano was used for the cover). This is no. 10 of 130 copies.
Signed
Below colophon: "Werner Pfeiffer"
ProvenanceThe artist, from whom purchased by MFA, September 19, 2007.
Copyright© Werner Pfeiffer