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Bird wing & plain planes by John Wood, 1994 ; in wonder of Orville & Wilbur Wright and their early experiments in glider flight, 1902

Catalog Data

Author:
Wood, John 1922-  Search this
Author:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Experiments and observations in soaring flight  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Some aeronautical experiments  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Washington Project for the Arts (D.C.)  Search this
Science and the Artist's Book (Exhibition)  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume chiefly illustrations (some color) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Specimens
Place:
Outer Banks (N.C.)
North Carolina
Outer Banks
United States
Date:
1994
20th century
Notes:
"This book was done in response to two lectures by Wilbur Wright [i.e. "Experiments and observations in soaring flight" andd "Some aeronautical experiments"] published in two pamphlets of the Western Society of Engineers in 1903. ... I photographed the present landscape of the Outer Banks and made drawings and montages on the computer ..." --Preface (laid-in)
Artist's book, created for the "Science and the Artist's Book" exhibition co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Washington Project for the Arts, May 1995-May 1996
Issued in slip-case
Printed on double leaves folded at fore-edge in the Japanese style
Subtitle of v.2: In wonder of Orville & Wilbur Wright and the photographs they took, 1902
Bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of John Wood
Each v. is bound in paste-paper boards with linen spine; both v. are housed together in a linen-covered slip-case with paste-paper label on front cover
The Dibner Library copy [v.1, 39088008656761; v.2, 39088008656472] is signed by John Wood and dated 1994 in pencil
The Dibner Library copy is the same one that was displayed in the "Science and the Artist's Book" exhibition
Contents:
v. 1. Computer sketches -- v. 2. Camera sketches
Topic:
Flight in art  Search this
Artists' books  Search this
Call number:
N7433.4.W66 B5 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_528672