A SERIES OF THREE ARTISTS’ BOOKS, 2006–2008
1/ Gracia Haby
Rouen: Just passing through
2006–2007
32 page artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil, 18cm X 11cm
A book of single colour, postcard images, Rouen, originally published in Paris as part of the series, France — Pittoresque & Monumentale, with ‘heliotypies’ by E. le Deley, has been reworked with elements of collage, pastel and pencil. Found in a secondhand bookstore, and sporting a cover of light-blue cloth with silver lettering, this artists’ book is now home to juvenile Common kingfishers, polar bears, badgers and Golden-throated barbets.
In the collection of Monash University Library.
2/ Gracia Haby
John O‘Groats: Just passing through
2008
12 page artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil, 18cm X 11cm
An artists’ books of single-colour, postcard images filled with new yet familiar inhabitants, exhibited as part of But for the moon nobody could see us (2008), alongside Rouen and Le Harve.
In the collection of Monash University Library.
3/ Gracia Haby
Le Havre: Just passing through
2008
12 page artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil, 18cm X 11cm
Le Havre: Just passing through in its original state was a gift from Carolyn Fraser in 2007. It proved the perfect base on which to play.
In the collection of Monash University Library.
