Investigating the European Livre d’Artiste

miro 2Please choose the two books from this book set that you found most intriguing.  How would you describe the relationship between text and image in each book?  How does your experience of the imagery affect your experience of the text (or vice versa)?  Do you think one or both books embody a successful collaboration between author, artist and publisher?

(There are facsimile editions of Jazz (with English translation) and A Toute Epreuve in the locked case at Hillyer Art Library).

 

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