Artist's Book Yearbook 2003-2005 - Book Arts - University of the ...

many others) works by Jenny Holzer, Yoko Ono,
Laurie Anderson, Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner,
Barbara Kruger and Lucy Lippard. The website
has extensive information and historical texts
www.franklinfurnace.org, follow the links to
access the MOMA “Dadabase.”
MOMA is undergoing refurbishment until 2005
and is temporarily located at:
33 Street at Queens Blvd.
Long Island City, Queens
Tel: 001 212 7089400
www.moma.org
info@moma.org
Franklin Furnace continues to; document the
‘avant-garde,’ show virtual and digital works on
their website and promote performance art.
Franklin Furnace Archive Inc
45 John Street ≠ 611
NY 10038
New York
USA
www.franklinfurnace.org
mail@franklinfurnace.org
Grahame Galleries: Centre for the Artist’s Book
1 Fernberg Road
Milton 4064
Brisbane. Australia
Tel: 0061 7 3369 3288
Fax: 0061 7 3369 3021
Email: editions@thehub.com.au
www.grahamegalleries.com.au
Contact: Noreen Grahame
Approximate number of books held: 550
Opening hours:
Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 5 pm
The Centre for the Artist’s Book is a collection
of c. 550 artists’ books and some 200 reference
books.
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
John M Flaxman Library
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 South Wabash
Chicago
Il 60603
USA
Tel: 001 312 899 5098
Website: www.artic.edu/saic/art/flasch/
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Email: aboehme@artic.edu
Contact name: Doro Boehme
Approximate number of books held: 4000
Public Access: Yes
Opening Hours in term time:
8:30 am to 7:30 pm
Vacation Opening Hours: 10 am to 4 am
Reference or Lending Collection: Reference
Catalogue Details:
Catalogue only available in the book room.
In addition to a wide variety of artists’ books we
also collect multiples, artists’ ’zines, mail and
stamp art and any ephemera surrounding the
production of artists’ books. Various dealers’
archives of professional papers and
correspondence as well as an extensive
collection of artists’ and publishers’ files,
exhibition catalogues that are addressing this
field and a growing number of examples of
web/net art complement these holdings.
Public access is as unencumbered as possible.
Meermanno-Westreenianum - Museum van het Boek
Prinsessegracht 30
1514 AP Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel: 0031 70 3462700
Website: www.meermanno.nl
Email: bibliotheek@meermanno.nl
Contact name: Drs. Rickey Tax
Number of books (approx):
artists’ books: 1,000
modern fine print collection: 30,000
Public access: Yes
Opening hours (library):
Tuesday - Thursday 1 pm – 4.45 pm
Friday 9 am -12:30 pm and 1 pm – 4.45 pm
The museum, opened to the public in 1852,
has since developed into the national museum
of the history and the art of the book.
It consists of twosections, the collection Van
Westreenen and the collection of the Museum
van het Boek (established in 1960). A research
library provides secondary literature reflecting
these interests, including books on the history
of the book and the book-trade, private presses,
book production, history of script and
calligraphy, early typography, graphic design,
paper, book design and bindings.
Special collections include; Van Westreenen
Collection: 340 (illuminated) manuscripts,
1,500 incunabula, and early imprints, often in