The Traveller - INSCRIBED by the artist
New York: Heron Press, 1978. Diana Carulli. Stiff printed wrappers, stapled. 16mo. Illustrated with photography by the artist, presented as a succession of 15 postcards: Verso with image of "the Traveller" in various locales throughout the world; recto printed with location facts. Bound in printed stiff paper wraps. With a rubber stamp on the inside rear cover that reads, "VISIBLE FEELING EQUIPMENT"> Inscribed by the artist on the inside rear cover: "For Cathy in NY NY / [signed] Diana 11/4/79" Very Good+. Item #5292 Now housed in a clear, removable, archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.
An artist book that documents the wide-ranging itinerary on which Carulli accompanied "the Traveller," from Italy to Kansas to Washington State. "The Traveller" is 30-foot long muslin-wire textile art that Carulli would photograph in a variety of natural settings. The front cover reveals Carulli's address at the time: 324 E. 41st NY, MY 10017. Scarce, with OCLC recording only two institutional copies, one at MOMA, one at .the National Museum of New Zealand.
Price: $250.00