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By: [produced by students at the Pratt Institute ; collaboration of the Library of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Art of the book curriculum at Pratt Institute]
Contributors: Pfeiffer, Werner, 1937-; Antich, Janet; Chang, George; Knutzen, Matt; Larkins, George R.; Mole, Kate; Moriya, Minami; Riesett, Peter; Simkowski, Andrea; Upton, Amy; Brooklyn Museum of Art. Library; Pratt Institute
Publisher: Brooklyn Museum of Art/Pratt Institute
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Artists' books; Exhibitions; In art
Other titles: Working in Brooklyn: artist's books; Foldout unit on historical sites of Brooklyn.; Circular subway guide to Brooklyn.; Art of the bicycle ride.; Brooklyn palimpsest.; Earth samplings.; Wear:t, we:art.; Ethnic food samplings of Brooklyn.; Statistics of the borough of Brooklyn.; Original photographs of Brooklyn settings.
Notes: "B, the title of this piece is for Brooklyn--it also stands for Book ... It is a sampling of ideas by 9 young artists depicting the ethnic, cultural, historical, and natural diversities to be found in (Brooklyn)"--P. [2].

"This project came about through extended discussions between Deirdre E. Lawrence, Principal Librarian, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Werner Pfeiffer, Professor of Art, Pratt Institute"--Colophon.

"All Participants are students in the Art of the Book classes in the School of Art & Design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY."

Some titles given in the table of contents and on the items vary.

Earth samplings by Kate Mole is a collection of sedimentary layers from different sites in Brooklyn contained in a test tube, sealed at the top with a cork ; Original photographs of Brooklyn settings by Amy Upton contains four b&w photographs.

Limited to 300 numbered copies, published on the occasion of the exhibition Artist's [sic] books, part of the series Working in Brooklyn, held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, February 3 through April 16, 2000.

Book consists of an acrylic box 19 x 14 x 7 cm., containing 9 variously sized handmade books.

Rare Book copy: No. 275.

Gift of Werner Pfeiffer, December 14, 2006
Table of contents: title: Foldout unit on historical sites of Brooklyn / Janet Antich; title: Circular subway guide to Brooklyn / George Change; title: Brooklyn Palimpsest : a brief & incomplete historical geography of Brooklyn / Matt Knutzen; title: Snapshots of Brooklyn from a bike / George Larkins; title: Earth samplings : Coney Island, Navy Yard, Greenpoint Cemetery all in Brooklyn / Kate Mole; title: Wear:t, we:art / Minami Moriya; title: Ethnic food samplings of Brooklyn / Pete Riesett; title: Statistics of the borough of Brooklyn / Andrea Simkowski; title: Original photographs of Brooklyn settings / Amy Upton.