Accession number
PML 199114
Creator
Minsky, Richard, creator, binder.
Published
New York : Richard Minsky, issued December 27, 2001
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Karen B. Cohen in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Notes
Attaché Case: 12" x 14" x 4" (closed); text of the third amendment is stamped in 23k gold on black board, in a recessed panel inside the felt-lined case cover; there are two compartments, for the book and dvd, each covered in black felt.
Amendment III states "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
Part of Richard Minsky's The Bill of Rights limited edition set, a collection of 10 bookworks and a broadside that exemplify and comment on the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Amendment III states "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
Part of Richard Minsky's The Bill of Rights limited edition set, a collection of 10 bookworks and a broadside that exemplify and comment on the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Description
1 bookwork (1 attaché case, 1 book, 1 DVD) ; 32 x 36 x 10 cm (closed)
Summary
A copy of Seven days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II (New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, ©1962) and Seven days in May (Warner Home Video) housed in a black attaché case with a pair of handcuffs attached to the handle.
Binding
Bound in blue calf with 23k gold title on spine. Inlaid seal is lacquered inkjet on Rives BFK mounted on 2-ply museum board. Endpapers are blue Canson Mi-Teintes.
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