Site.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Richmond
Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840

Summary

Extent:
1 Volumes
Creator:
Harris, Lyall F.
Abstract:
"What happened, reader, where you are? What happens there today? asks the artists' book Site. Inspired by her discovery of a slave auction block on the first morning in her new town of Charlottesville, VA, Lyall Harris grapples with US history in a project where content is revealed and supported through its material components. With assistance from papermaker Dieu Donné, Harris created a watermark broadside, the key component of an artists' book that both points to the past and brings the reader into an awareness of present"--Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers website.
Language:
English

Background

Dimensions:
29 cm
Material specific details:
Rare Book Room copy is 7 of 50. Title from cover. Imprint from colophon. "With custom-made papers from Dieu Donné and gratitute to Tatiana Ginsberg, Site was printed and assembled in Charlottesville, VA, in 2018 in an edition of [50]. Any artist's proceeds from sales will be donated to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville"--Colophon. Letterpress printed on handmade papers from Dieu Donné. Stiff cover with title, tipped-in, folded broadside with watermark: Slave auction block, on this site slaves were bought and sold.