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ref. 8564New York. The Aperture Foundation. 1983. Plates laid loose into sand linen cloth Portfolio which is further encased in a like linen Solander box. Gilt titled morocco Title Label inset to front cover of box. Tall Folio. 17" x 21 This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is #120. Portfolio is accompanied by a Text Folio by noted photography critic Ben Lifson and Michael E. Hoffman former Executive Director of Aperture and bears the stamp of the Paul Strand Archive and Limitation Colophon. Illustrated by 10 hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures by Paul Strand made from the original glass plates in 1973. Printed by master photogravure printer Jon Goodmanthese works were the subject of a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York in February 1998. The collection is comprised by : Still Life Pear and Bowls Twin Lakes Connecticut 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 10" X 11 1/4" Hudson River Pier New York 1914 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/4" X 12 1/4" City Hall Park New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 13 1/8" X 6 1/4" Fifth Avenue New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/4" X 8" Yawning Woman New York 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/2" X 9 1/2" Man Five Points Square New York 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 10 1/4" From the Viaduct 125th Street New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 10" X 12 7/8" Railroad Sidings New York 1914 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/2" X 9 1/2" From the El New York 1917 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 3/4" X 9 1/8" Abstraction Porch Shadows Twin Lakes Connecticut 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 13" X 9 1/8" In the earlier years of his formidable career Paul Strand 18901976 was befriended and mentored by Alfred Stieglitz. A fierce proponent of modern art in America Stieglitzs infamous 291 Gallery on Fifth Avenue was the first to champion the avant-garde of European and American art and photography. His stewardship of Strand had a profound effect cultivating in Strand one of the greatest modernist photographers of the era. Aperture has drawn some of his most notable images for this portfolio from the Paul Strand Archive; they include City Hall Park New York 1915; From the El New York 1917; and Yawning Woman New York 1916. Describing Strands oeuvre Stieglitz said: In the history of photography there are but few photographers who from the point of view of expression have really done much work of any importance. And by importance we mean work that has some relatively lasting quality that element which gives all art its real significance. . . . The work is brutally direct. Devoid of any flim-flams; devoid of trickery and any ism devoid of any attempt to mystify an ignorant public. A Very Fine Pristine As New copy. The Aperture Foundation. hardcover
1950ref. 201919New York: Oxford University Press 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 248 pages. Features forewords by Newhall and Strand along with text selected and edited by Nancy Newhall. A beautiful selection of Strand's black and white photographs. A near fine copy in cloth boards with a crease to the top corner of the first seven pages and in very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed and inscribed by Nancy Newhall on the front free endpaper in the year of publication and additionally signed by Paul Strand as well. Very uncommon as such. Oxford University Press unknown
ref. 8564New York. The Aperture Foundation. 1983. Plates laid loose into sand linen cloth Portfolio which is further encased in a like linen Solander box. Gilt titled morocco Title Label inset to front cover of box. Tall Folio. 17" x 21 This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is #120. Portfolio is accompanied by a Text Folio by noted photography critic Ben Lifson and Michael E. Hoffman former Executive Director of Aperture and bears the stamp of the Paul Strand Archive and Limitation Colophon. Illustrated by 10 hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures by Paul Strand made from the original glass plates in 1973. Printed by master photogravure printer Jon Goodmanthese works were the subject of a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York in February 1998. The collection is comprised by : Still Life Pear and Bowls Twin Lakes Connecticut 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 10" X 11 1/4" Hudson River Pier New York 1914 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/4" X 12 1/4" City Hall Park New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 13 1/8" X 6 1/4" Fifth Avenue New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/4" X 8" Yawning Woman New York 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/2" X 9 1/2" Man Five Points Square New York 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 10 1/4" From the Viaduct 125th Street New York 1915 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 10" X 12 7/8" Railroad Sidings New York 1914 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 1/2" X 9 1/2" From the El New York 1917 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 12 3/4" X 9 1/8" Abstraction Porch Shadows Twin Lakes Connecticut 1916 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 13" X 9 1/8" In the earlier years of his formidable career Paul Strand 18901976 was befriended and mentored by Alfred Stieglitz. A fierce proponent of modern art in America Stieglitzs infamous 291 Gallery on Fifth Avenue was the first to champion the avant-garde of European and American art and photography. His stewardship of Strand had a profound effect cultivating in Strand one of the greatest modernist photographers of the era. Aperture has drawn some of his most notable images for this portfolio from the Paul Strand Archive; they include City Hall Park New York 1915; From the El New York 1917; and Yawning Woman New York 1916. Describing Strands oeuvre Stieglitz said: In the history of photography there are but few photographers who from the point of view of expression have really done much work of any importance. And by importance we mean work that has some relatively lasting quality that element which gives all art its real significance. . . . The work is brutally direct. Devoid of any flim-flams; devoid of trickery and any ism devoid of any attempt to mystify an ignorant public. A Very Fine Pristine As New copy. The Aperture Foundation. hardcover books
1950ref. 201919New York: Oxford University Press 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 248 pages. Features forewords by Newhall and Strand along with text selected and edited by Nancy Newhall. A beautiful selection of Strand's black and white photographs. A near fine copy in cloth boards with a crease to the top corner of the first seven pages and in very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed and inscribed by Nancy Newhall on the front free endpaper in the year of publication and additionally signed by Paul Strand as well. Very uncommon as such. Oxford University Press unknown books
ref. 10194Norway 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 3 copies. hardcover
2015ref. 10195Norway 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 2 of 5 copies. hardcover
2016ref. 10198Norway 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 4 of 5 copies. hardcover
2016ref. 10503Norway 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 4 of 5 copies. hardcover
ref. 13828Norway 2024. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. Relief print on thin Japanese paper. Japanese binding. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors." Artistic Artist Statement "Always keep the books tightly stored in the packaging and laying flat. Open the top cover slowly so that the vacuum does not damage the sheets. Flip through the book slowly dragging the edges low over the spread. This will show the play of colors and it will reduce possible creases in the paper. Do not use gloves they will reduce sensitivity and manageability." Practical Artist Statement Please note: we will have several iterations of Randi's remarkable color work with us.`. Tight bright and unbound. Black cardstock boards relief printed on Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np. Illus. color prints. Limited numbered edition this being 1 of 2. hardcover
ref. 11005Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 2 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover
ref. 11101Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover
2019ref. 11102Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 3 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover
2019ref. 11103Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 1 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover
ref. 10194Norway 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 3 copies. hardcover books
2015ref. 10195Norway 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 2 of 5 copies. hardcover books
2016ref. 10198Norway 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 4 of 5 copies. hardcover books
2016ref. 10503Norway 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 4 of 5 copies. hardcover books
ref. 13828Norway 2024. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. Relief print on thin Japanese paper. Japanese binding. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors." Artistic Artist Statement "Always keep the books tightly stored in the packaging and laying flat. Open the top cover slowly so that the vacuum does not damage the sheets. Flip through the book slowly dragging the edges low over the spread. This will show the play of colors and it will reduce possible creases in the paper. Do not use gloves they will reduce sensitivity and manageability." Practical Artist Statement Please note: we will have several iterations of Randi's remarkable color work with us.`. Tight bright and unbound. Black cardstock boards relief printed on Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np. Illus. color prints. Limited numbered edition this being 1 of 2. hardcover books
ref. 11005Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 2 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover books
ref. 11101Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover books
2019ref. 11102Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 3 of 3 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover books
2019ref. 11103Norway 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Some of the books in the series were made into a film and the film becoming an artwork unto itself. The film of an alternative version was awarded the Critic's Prize on the juried regional exhibition in Trondheim 2017. "The paper is translucent soft airy and completely silent. Quick movements of the papers is physically impossible. Each sheet has one visual element a shape which is mirrored as you turn the page. The fragile paper is printed with motives developed from Arabic ornamentation. This expression was originally created out of mathematics and geometry to avoid imagery that might lead to idolatry. I wanted to combine the book as a system with this geometry to see what that could bring. I find it fascinating how the images switch between flat and spatial" and that despite the strict patterns associations may vary and go towards modernism the oriental and paradoxically also towards figuration. The transparency causes overlaps between the pages that create new shapes and new colors. The sheets melt together in a way which makes it almost impossible for the reader to predict the next sheet's exact pattern and color or to remember precisely the last motif. It plays with the illusions of form color space and order. The image is transformed with each turn of a page and becomes ephemeral. A book starts to exist the moment its pages are turned. Since the book is a media of intimacy presence and touch haptic communication inevitably establishes meaning in itself a communication which invariably will be in some kind of relation to the mental content. It is an arena where perception and thinking operate together it might also bring awareness of your own perception. Books have been holy objects for many different reasons. The fragility of the paper and the actions necessary may add a ritualistic element to the act of reading. I see the reader' act as a performance a slow motion ballet. In a materialistic culture of mass consumption and noisy offensive expressions I find it appropriate to react by focussing on tranquility care and consideration. Like mandalas which often are written in sand to be washed away I have tried to create a space for a contemplative experience displaying the ever changing character and relativeness of existence where different elements always are colored and influenced by their surroundings." Artist statement Randi Annie Strand visual artist born in Norway 1962. Lives in Oslo. MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design 92. Language signs and sensory experiences are central elements in her works. Her ideas have been realised through different media and techniques. Tight bright and unmarred. Black stiff board black cloth spine Japanese string binding relief prints hand printed using hand cut stencils on 11-12 gram Japanese paper. Oblong fo. np each iteration has 4 to 7 sheets. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1 of 1 copies. Please Note: we have a number of variations of this work and there is a discount when buying 3 or more. hardcover books
ref. 112522Millerton New York An Aperture Book 1972. . First edition number 42 of 100 signed copies; 2 vols 4to 304 x 248 mm 12 x 9¾ in; black-and-white photographs; tan endpapers burgundy cloth-covered boards titles to spines in gilt publisher's burgundy cloth-covered board slipcase lightly marked and worn fine in a very good slipcase; ii 152 4; ii 157-380 2pp. One of 100 signed and numbered copies bound in cloth. The regular edition was issued in two versions: a single volume to accompany a US touring retrospective exhibition and a two-volume version for general distribution. The first volume covers 1915-1946 the second 1950-1968. 'Photography is very easy' Strand writes in his introduction. 'The visible world is such an interesting place that it doesn't take much in the way of passion insight sensitivity or rigorous craft to make a picture worth looking at 07/08/2024 at least briefly. But photography is very difficult. The visible world is so harshly recalcitrant. It stays where it is in its own context. It takes the quickest eye the most penetrating insight and the most painstaking technique to make a photograph that is a felt comment bare of inessentials; a photograph that moves the viewer with an understanding of the meaning of what is photographed.' Millerton, New York, An Aperture Book, 1972. hardcover
ref. 106543New York Museum of Modern Art 1945. . First edition inscribed by the photographer; 4to 26 x 19.8 cm; numerous black and white photographic illustrations; publisher's printed green cloth pictorial dust jacket small chip to top of spine and top of rear panel overall a very good copy; 32pp. One of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century Paul Strand 1890-1976 was born in New York City and went on to study under Lewis W. Hine before becoming a commercial photographer in 1912 following Alfred Stieglitz in his commitment to 'straight' photography. In 1933 he was appointed chief of photography and cinematography in the Secretariat of Education in Mexico. After 1942 he concentrated on still photography for his records of life in many parts of the world. This presentation copy is inscribed by the artist and musician Chenoweth Hall to Susan Thompson dated 1947 and further inscribed by Paul Strand 'with many warm memories of friendship'. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1945. hardcover
ref. 142506Salt Lake City UT: Red Butte Press 1993. illustrated cloth-covered boards cloth-covered boards clamshell box. Red Butte Press. tall slim 4to. illustrated cloth-covered boards cloth-covered boards clamshell box. 17 leaves. Drawings by Bonnie Sucec. First edition limited to 75 copies of which this is one of 55 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Fine in fine clamshell box. Printed at the Red Butte Press University of Utah Marriott Library under the direction of Everett L. Cooley. Its publication was made possible through the generosity and support of Catherine B. and Claudius Y. Gates. Each of the drawings by Bonnie Sucec was individually painted by her. The book was designed set by hand and printed by Day Christensen. The type is 16 point Van Dijck and the handmade cotton rag paper is from the Twinrocker Paper Mill. It was printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress. The books were bound and boxed by BookLab. Red Butte Press unknown
