Lost and found
By: Maria G. Pisano
Contributors: Memory Press; Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Artists' Books Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library); Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition
Publisher: Memory Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Plainsboro, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: In art; History; Vehicle bombs; Memory in art; Maps in art; Prehistoric Antiquities; Artists' books; Specimens; Violence; Pictorial works; Bombings; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Terrorism in art; War and civilization; Visual literature
Description: "Lost and found reflects on the history of the Middle East. Fragments were collected and reassembled to give new life to the cultural loss of the bombing on Al-Mutanabbi Street on March 5th 2007, in Baghdad"--Title page verso.
Notes: Created in an open edition. Each copy is signed by the artist.

"Relief and intaglio prints created by the artist were scanned and collaged with historical notes and maps. The book is laser printed and some pages have gold applied to them.  Pamphlet bound in a self-closing envelope like cover. Open edition"--Colophon.

Single signature sewn into a paper wrapper with cut-outs in the front revealing title and author information. Color illustrations, maps, and historical text are laser printed to the pages. Slot-and-tab closure.

Gift; Beau Beausoleil; 2019-2020.