Accession number
PML 199116
Creator
Minsky, Richard, creator, binder.
Published
New York : Richard Minsky, issued May 24, 2000
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Karen B. Cohen in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Notes
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.
Amendment V states "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Amendment V states "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Description
197 pages : illustrations ; 22.2 x 14.6 cm
Summary
An altered copy of Branches by Mitch Cullin, illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima (Sag Harbor, NY : The Permanent Press, ©2000) rebound by Richard Minsky. With color prints of the 16 illustrations by Ryuzo Kikushima tipped in over the black and white reproductions in the book. Housed in a clamshell box covered in same beige fabric as the book, with a black leather holster bearing the foil stamped text of the Fifth Amendment sewn to the cover.
Binding
Bound in beige fabric with a pocket sewn to the cover, to which a metal Sheriff badge and a plastic name badge with the book title have been affixed; 9mm bullet holes have been shot through the cover by Richard Minsky.
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