Tag
By: by Mark Wagner ; photographs by Kathryn Gritt ; lettering by Dylan Graham.
Contributors: Gritt, Kathryn.; Graham, Dylan.; Bird Brain Press.; Booklyn Artists Alliance.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Bird Brain Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Wagner, Mark.; Artists' books.; Clothing care labels.
Description: Fiction. A man discovers that the garment tag itching at the back of his neck is not attached to his shirt, but to himself. The tag becomes a metaphor for the private humanity within every individual.
Notes: Edition of 12.

Housed in navy drop-spine box with embroidered title patch.

Signed by the artist, photographer and calligrapher.

"Semi-rigid laminated perma dur covers drummed in quilted clothing tags with embroidered title patch and hinged navy spine. Sewn on English vellum tapes with black buckram concertina guard and hand-sewn headbands. Paint, color pencil, copy pencil fixed with methyl cellulose, black and white photographic fiber prints, photo corners, machine sewing, and pen on two-ply fabriano ingres paper"--Colophon.

"The variable nature of hand application makes "Tag" tantamount to an edition of one-of-a-kind books. Book 10 is assembled as unbound spreads and available for framed display. The story "Tag" was published as a small pamphlet in 2001 and included in 2002's "Library in a Book"--Colophon.

Vendor: Booklyn Artists Alliance.

LC copy number 2 of 12.