Artists' books
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
My Boy: A Father's Story, 2009
Art book with a soft white cover, written and designed by Kyrie Howard, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of Samuel Stahler, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
Not a Gentleman, 2010
Art book with glossy white cover with separate black paper horizontal sleeve band written and designed by Zachary Lin, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life Herman Chatzky.
Obscured Faith: The Story of Ben and Bessie Glass, 2009
Art book with hard black cover written and designed by Carissa Samaras, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the lives of Ben and Bessie Glass, tuberculosis patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
On My Own, between 2004-2013
Art book with soft black cover written and designed by Patrick Scott, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of Charles Limsky, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
On the Gate: One Prisoner's Stay at the JCRS, Summer 2005
Art book with burnt orange softcover and cream colored pages; written, designed and created by Tim Schafer, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the life of Myron Friede, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #9568.
Risk, 2013 March
Art book with dark grey textured softcover, white pages and black type; written, designed and created by Marcus Jessen student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Samuel Marcus a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #8377.
RMCAD Art Book Exhibit, 2013
File folder contains copies of items and information on the RMCAD students who used JCRS patient records to create art books in Martin Mendelsberg's class. Mendelsberg's course challenged students to consider the power of storytelling in words and pictures using primary sources from the Beck Archives.
Sally H. Story Collection of Art Books
Sammy Lee Papers
Sammy Lee is an interdisciplinary artist living in Denver. Her papers contain process materials for some of her works.
Star poems, 2008
The Penrose Collection Digital Archive consists of highlights from the University Libraries' Penrose Collection, including artists' books, cartoons, cookbooks, and other forms and genres on which the library maintains a collecting focus. These works have been digitized and made available in the Special Collections @ DU digital repository, and are cataloged here and in the library management system.