The published version, also shown, adopts the more conventional codex structure for both volumes of the work. One of the most beautiful and complex books in the exhibition, incorporating a variety of techniques and materials is Hiddenness , created over an intensive period of collaboration with the contemporary American poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, whom Tuttle later married. The New York Public Library's mission to collect and preserve documents of the recorded word extends far into the art realm, with some of the most extensive collections of fine illustrated prints and books. Under the leadership of Robert Rainwater, the Library's Spencer Collection has grown to include important works by numerous living artists. The Spencer Collection of finely illustrated books and fine bindings was created in 1913 by the bequest of William Augustus Spencer, a book collector who died in the Titanic disaster of 1912.
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