Library Duet : September 23-November 4, 2017

2017 signed copy, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library (La Jolla, California), oblong 9 x 7 1/4 inches tall paperbound in black-and-white pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with mostly color photographs, 39 pp. Laid in is a ticket for a November 2017 UCSD reception where the book was likely signed. On the title page, signed by the author, American multidisciplinary artist Joyce Cutler-Shaw (1932-2018), whose signature showed her struggle with a progressive neurological disease called corticobasal degeneration which claimed her life the following year. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare exhibition catalog. OCLC (No. 1004966713) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at the University of California at San Diego Library in La Jolla, California. ~SP02~ [1.0P] An exhibition catalog with works by Joyce Cutler-Shaw from fall 2017, a reprise of a 2003 exhibition mounted by four San Diego-area libraries entitled Library Quartet. Introduction by Lynda Corey Claassen and Erika Torri. Abbreviated contents: The Anatomy Lesson: Overview; Artist's Books; Public Projects; Solo Exhibitions; Group Exhibitions; Biographical Statement; Selected In dividual Exhibitions / Public Projects / Projects in Process. Joyce Arlene Cutler?Shaw (née Joyce Cutler) was an American multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator. She is known for her drawings of human and small animal bones. She also worked in many other media, including in installation art, sculpture, performance art, multimedia art, and artist books. Cutler?Shaw was also the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative. She was the subject of the documentary film She is Fierce: the Art of Joyce Cutler-Shaw (2016), directed by Becky Cohen.…