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Title
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28 letters / Islam Aly
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Twenty-eight letters
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Description
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Edition of 40 -- Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (viewed Apr. 27, 2015). ; The 28 bifolia are bound in a three-hole pamphlet binding featuring a brown paper accordion binding, sewn with orange linen thread. According to Aly, the binding plays a powerful role in producing my artist's books, the look and presence of these bindings is an integral part of my work and they are linked to the content and aesthetics. The final pieces encourage the viewer to interact with the work. ; Bound in beige handmade flax paper over boards; rectangular white paper title label, with title printed in English and Arabic, mounted in a rectangular niche stamped in upper board; front and rear pastedowns are brown paper.
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The twenty-eight letters of the Arabic alphabet, each laser-cut on the two leaves of a bifolium. The movable accordion binding allows the reader to explore and interact with the letters.
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Subject
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Art Media Workroom
N7433.4.A468T85 2013
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Arabic alphabet. ; Alphabet in art. ; Alphabet books Specimens. ; Artists' books Specimens. ; Toy and movable books Specimens.
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Artists' books : Iowa : Iowa City : 2013. ; Accordion fold format (Binding) ; Flax fibers (Paper)
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Discover UR
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Creator
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Aly, Islam, artist.
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Publisher
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Iowa City, Iowa : Islam Aly, 2013
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Format
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56 leaves : all illustrations ; 15 x 13 cm, unfolding to 102 cm
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Contributor
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Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, distributor.
