Diamond dolls : an artist's book in three acts
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Type of record: Book
Title: Diamond dolls : an artist's book in three acts
Classmark: Artists' Books 306
Additional creator(s): Narielwalla, Hormazd (Artist); Sykes, Richard (1946-2019) (Former owner); Mason, Penny (Former owner)
Related people: Bowie, David
Publisher: Co-published by Concentric Editions and EMH Arts
Publication city: London
Date(s): [2021]
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/794911
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991021404879705181
Description
Issued in portfolio (25 x 17 x 4 cm)
Introduction text by John O'Connell on accompanying folded sheet.
"Three concertinas of 28 pp each. Finished size of 240 x 165 mm"-- Title card.
Act I -- Act II -- Act III.
"Diamond Dolls is a sumptuous artist's book that originates from a sequence of Hormazd Narielwalla's highly distinctive paper collages. Thirty six images carry a running motif of Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' persona, each of which is defined by elaborate, decorative costuming. Cipher-like, the figures reference the Japanese gender-fluid traditions of kabuki and onnagata, which influenced Bowie in his approach to challenging conventions about sexuality. -- Provided by publisher.
Limited edition of 300 signed and numbered copies.
Three volumes, printed front and back on the folded pages of debossed leporollo bindings. Red cover duplexed to 2.25mic greyboard; foil blocked and debossed in two colours and gilt edged on four sides in foil. Housed in gold duplexed Wicotex Dubletta four-flap enclosure with a red string tie; foil blocked in two colours on one side. Includes title card and two accordion-folded sheets with the introduction text and publication information.
Title card signed by the artist and dated 2021; copy no. 105/300.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 306: Gift from the collection of Richard Sykes and Penny Mason through the Contemporary Art Society, 2023. Purchased by Richard Sykes and Penny Mason in 2021 from The Eagle Gallery / EMH Arts, London.
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