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20 North Main St (also enter on 224 Benefit Street) Providence, RI 02903
The museum is closed today.
Francesco Colonna, author
Italian, ca. 1433–1527
Attributed to Benedetto Bordon, woodcutter
Italian, ca. 1450-1530
Aldus Manutius, publisher
Italian, 1449-1515
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo’s Dream about the Strife of Love), 1499
Bound book with woodcut illustrations
Height: 38.1 x 57.2 x 3.5 cm (15 x 22 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 51.509
Theodor van Thulden
Flemish, 1606-1669
After Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577-1640
Jean-Gaspard Gevaerts, author
Flemish, 1593-1666
Procession in Honor of the Most Serene Prince Ferdinand (Pompa Introitus honori serenissimi principi Ferdinandi Austriaci), 1642
Bound book with 41 engravings; gilded stamped-leather binding
57.5 x 39.4 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches) (closed)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2012.36
Theodor van Thulden
Flemish, 1606-1669
After Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577-1640
The Stage of Welcome, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, 1642
Engraving on paper
53.8 x 61.5 cm (21 3/16 x 24 3/16 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2012.36.7
Gérard Audran
French, 1640-1703
Les Proportions du Corps Humain mesurées sur les plus belles Figures de l’Antiquité (The Proportions of the Human Body Measured on the Most Beautiful Figures from Antiquity), 1683
Engravings on paper
41.6 x 29.5 x 1.9 cm (16 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 13/16 inches) thickness
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2007.63
Johannes Riepenhausen, author
German, 1788-1860
Franz Riepenhausen, author
German, 1786-1831
The Life of Raphael of Urbino (Vita di Raffaelle da Urbino), 1833
Portfolio of 12 engravings on wove paper, bound as a book with title page and preface text page
Gift of Crawford Alexander Mann III 2011.75
Kamisaka Sekka
Japanese, 1866-1942
Whirling Snow , page from Flowers of a Hundred Worlds, 1909-1910
Woodblock prints on paper
29.7 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/4 x 5/8 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2006.38
Vladimir Vasil’evic Lebedev, illustrator
Russian, 1891-1967
Samuil Marshak, author
Russian, 1887 - 1964
GIZ, publisher
Russian, 1930
Yesterday and Today (Vchera i segodnia), 1930
Book with twelve chromolithograph illustrations and cover
28.9 x 22.2 x .2 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 1/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 52.037.8
Daryl Trivieri
American, b. 1957
Sketchbook (12 drawings), 1990
Mixed media on paper
43.8 x 31.7 cm (17 1/4 x 12 inches) (each sheet)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.37
Daryl Trivieri
American, b. 1957
Bound sketchbook with 24 drawings, 1990
Mixed media on paper
30.2 x 39.5 x 2.4 cm (11 7/8 x 15 9/16 x 15/16 inches)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.38
George Moutard Woodward
British, ca. 1760-1809
Disappointment, from the Original Caricature Water-colour Sketches,, 1792
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite on paper
36.8 x 27.9 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4 inches)
Transfer from the RISD Library. Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf 48.110.43
El Lissitzky
Russian, 1890-1941
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, poet
Russian, 1893-1930
R.S.F.S.R. State Publishing House, Moscow-Berlin
Russian
For the Voice (Dlia golosa), 1923
Construction-paper cover, letterpress text, illustrations, and typographic designs
Small octavo: 19.1 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2006.92.1
Abraham Bosse
French, 1604 - ca. 1676
On the Manner of Etching with Acid and with a Burin, and of Dark-Manner Engraving, (De la Manière de graver à l’eau-forte et au burin, et de la gravure en manière noire) Paris, 1645
Etching, drypoint, and roulette on cream-colored, moderately textured laid paper
Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus 51.004
Utagawa School
Japanese, 19th century
Album of figure prints (Bijin), 1820’s-1840’s
Polychrome wood block print
37.5 x 24.1 x 1.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1052
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Kichizō Tsutaya, publisher
Japanese
An album of the complete set of the series Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan Meisho Zue) (Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue hitosoroi (gojugo mai)), Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido, 1855.7-1855.8
Polychrome wood block print
34 x 22.2 x 2.2 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 7/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1053
Dai Xi
Japanese
Gayuken Shunsei
Japanese
Scrapbook album of Onoe Tamizô II of Osaka (nidai Onoe Tamizô) (1799-1886), mid 1820’s
Polychrome wood block print
38.1 x 26 x 2.5 cm (15 x 10 1/4 x 1 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1054
Unknown artist, Japanese; Edo, Japan
Pattern book of small-scale designs (komon), late 1700s - early 1800s
Cotton, paper; plain weave, resist printed
30.8 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 inches)
Museum Collection 49.449
Bart van der Leck, designer
Dutch, 1876-1958
Hans Christian Andersen, author
Danish, 1805-1875
The Flax (Het Vlas), 1941
Relief print on wove paper
25.1 x 17.8 x .3 cm (9 7/8 x 7 x 1/8 inches)
Edgar J. Lownes Fund 2003.7
Johann Theodor de Bry
Netherlandish, 1561-1623
After Theodor de Bry
Netherlandish, 1528-1598
Newly Fashioned Alphabet (Nova Alphati Effietio), 1595
Engraved on laid paper
30.6 x 20.5 x 1 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 46.510
Yakov Chernikhov
Russian, 1889-1951
Leningrad Association of Architects, publisher
The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms, 1931
Letterpress on wove paper
30.3 x 22 x 2.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 inches)
Museum purchase, Gift of Toby G. and Lawrence F. Rossner 2014.38
Hu Zhengyan, compiler
Chinese, 1584-1674
Rongbao zhai, Beijing, publisher
Models of Letter Paper of the Ten Bamboo Studio (Shizhuzhai jianpu), 1952
Woodblock-printed book with illustrations in ink and color on paper
31.1 x 21.9 x 5.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 5/8 x 2 3/16 inches) Overall measurement with slipcase, closed.; O
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2005.1
Ludovic Halévy, author
French, b. 1834
Maurice Potin, engraver (printmaker)
French, b. 1874
Edgar Degas, designer
French, 1834-1917
Auguste Blaizot, publisher
Frazier-Soye, printer
La Famille Cardinal, 1938
Book with portrait of the author and thirty-three illustrations in soft-ground etching after monotypes in black and color
33.7 x 26 x 4.4 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches) (closed)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2003.32
Tia Blassingame
American, b. 1971
Settled: African American Sediment or Constant Middle Passage, 2015
Artist’s book of original poetry letterpress printed on Nepalese lokta paper; longstitch bound in goatskin leather with title letterpress printed on the cover
24.8 x 38.7 cm (9 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches)
Artist Development Fund Print Purchase Award 2015.84
Henri Rivière
French, 1864-1951
George Auriol, designer
French, 1863-1938
Arsène Alexandre, author
Eugène Verneau, publisher
Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower, 1888-1902
Set of thirty-six bound lithographs on paper with stenciled paper covers and slipcase
23.8 x 29.2 x 2.2 cm (9 3/8 x 11 1/2 x 7/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2007.83
William Blake
British, 1757-1827
John Linnell the Elder, publisher
English, 1792-1882
Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825
Engraving on paper
44.5 x 30.5 x 1.6 cm (17 1/2 x 12 x 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Jane W. Bradley in memory of Charles Bradley 22.298
Anton Würth
German, b. 1957
16.07.2001, 2002
Bound book with engraving and letterpress
29.4 x 20.6 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches) (book height closed; book width closed)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2004.31.2
Tina Barney
American, b.1945
Swimming, 1991
Book with letterpress and chromogenic color prints
Book: 33.8 x 42.6 x 2.4 cm (13 5/16 x 16 3/4 x 15/16 inches)
Gift of Kristina Olsen 2012.122.3
Aaron Siskind
American, 1903-1991
Harry Callahan
American, 1912-1999
Lumiere Press, publisher
The Siskind Variations: A Quartet of Photographs and Contemplations by Aaron Siskind Orchestrated and Edited by Michael Torosian, 1990
Book
24.1 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2002.67
George Cruikshank
English, 1792-1878
Charles Tilt, publisher
MY SKETCH BOOK No. 6, 1836
Etching
25.4 x 36.8 x 3.2 cm (10 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/16 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1151
Kate Greenaway, illustrator
British, 1846-1901
Edmund Evans, engraver (inciser)
British, 1826-1905
George Routledge, publisher
Almanac, 1883
Letterpress and color wood engravings
10.2 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm (4 x 3 x 5/16 inches)
Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray 84.029.1
Walter Feldman
American, b. 1925
Sara Rosenbaum, poet
Quiet Words, 1992
Artist’s book with color woodcuts and letterpress on paper; poems by Sara Rosenbaum
Overall: 24 x 16.5 x 1.4 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 x 9/16 inches)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan 2003.99.1A
Walter Feldman
American, b. 1925
Lager Lieder, 1991
Artist’s book with woodcut and letterpress on antique (1930s) ledger paper
Overall: 29.5 x 32.1 x 2.4 cm (11 5/8 x 12 5/8 x 15/16 inches)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan 2003.99.2
Pat Steir
American, b. 1938
Anne Waldman
American, b. 1945
Randy Hemminghause, printer
Alexis Myre, binding designer
Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, publisher
Cry Stall Gaze, 2012
Accordion book with screenprint, photogravure, etching, and letterpress on heavy kōzo paper with hand stitching
38.1 x 87 cm (15 x 34 1/4 inches) (folded)
Gift of Pat Steir 2015.119
After George Moutard Woodward
British, ca. 1760-1809
After Isaac Cruikshank
British, 1764-1810/11
A Long String of Resolutions for a New Year, from the portfolio “ORIGINAL CARICATURE WATER-COLOUR SKETCHES”, 1792
Etching on paper
36.8 x 27.9 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 x 1 3/16 inches)
Transfer from the RISD Library. Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf 48.110.63
J. A. Spencer, author
Johnson, Fry & Co., publisher
History of the United States, Volume 1, Elliot, The First Missionary Among the Indians, 1858
Engraving on paper
27.9 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm (11 x 9 x 2 inches)
Museum Collection INV2006.549
Various artists
The International Avant-Garde, Vol. V; America Discovered, 1964
Bound book of twenty intaglio prints on paper
30.5 x 24.8 x 4.5 cm (12 x 9 13/16 x 1 13/16 inches)
Transfer from Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Estate of Nina Abrams 2011.90
Thomas Potts
British, 1829-1833
Designs for Curtain Pins, Curtain Poles, Drawer Handles, Knob Cupboard Turns, Bed Caps, Clock Pins, Doorknobs, etc., Designs for Curtain Pins, Curtain Poles, Drawer Handles, Knob Cupboard Turns, Bed Caps, Clock Pins, Doorknobs, etc.
Engraving on paper
19.1 x 29.8 x 2.9 cm (7 1/2 x 11 11/16 x 1 1/8 inches)
RISD Transfer 49.088.1
Faith Ringgold
American, b. 1930
Martin Luther King, Jr., author
American, 1929 - 1968
Limited Editions Club, publisher
Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2008
Book containing eight color screenprints
37.1 x 31.8 x 2.9 cm (14 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches) book
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 2009.85
Claude Cahun
French, 1894-1954
Marcel Moore
French, 1892 - 1972
Carrefour Press, publisher
Avowals Not Admitted (Aveux non avenus), 1930
Illustrated book with eleven collotypes
Length: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2005.57
Jonathan Bonner
American, b. 1947
Bill Gallery, associated artist/maker
American
Ric Murray, associated artist/maker
Front Pockets, 1999
Bound album with forty-two tipped-in gelatin silver prints
Album: 19.3 x 31 x 2.2 cm (7 5/8 x 12 3/16 x 7/8 inches)
Gift from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan 2006.126.1
Hasegawa Tōun, artist
Japanese
Yoshida Goheiji, calligrapher
Japanese, late 17th century
Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers with Chinese and Japanese Poems, 1695
Woodblock printed book with mica
30.2 x 20 x 1.3 cm (11 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Carroll Miller 53.303
Kara Walker
American, b. 1969
Peter Norton, publisher
Typecraft, Inc., printer
Freedom — A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997
pop-up laser-cut book
Plate: 23.8 x 21 x 1.9 cm (9 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 3/4 inches)
Anonymous gift 1997.107
Beatriz Milhazes
Brazilian, b. 1960
Coisa Linda (Something Beautiful), 2002
Artist’s book with thirty-four bound screenprints and one collage
Book: 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm (12 x 12 x 1 inches)
Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art 2003.47
Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese, 1797-1861
Preliminary sketch from an album of drawings, ca. 1840 -1860
Brush and ink on Japanese paper laid down in an album of reused paper
19.1 x 27.3 x 1.3 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 1/2 inches)
Museum Collection 49.437
Kawamura Kihō, author
Japanese, 1778-1852
Bunchodo, publisher
Japanese
Kihō’s Sketchbook (Kihō gafu), Bird on a Flowering Plum Tree, 1827
Woodcut illustrated book with mica-stencilled paper wrappers
25.7 x 17.5 x 1.1 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 7/16 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2003.39.6
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Tōshirō Katano, publisher
Japanese
Random sketches by Hokusai: Vol. 1, 1814
woodblock printed book with paper wrappers, sewn
22.9 x 15.7 x 1.1 cm (9 x 6 3/16 x 7/16 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 31.394.1
Unknown artist, Thai; Cambodian
Manuscript and covers, 1800s
Palm leave; silken cords
6.4 x 57.5 x 10.8 cm (2 1/2 x 22 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches)
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 33.247
Michelle Grabner
American, b. 1962
Laura Perry, author
Lottie Hoare, author
Rocket Press, publisher
English
The Fine Book Bindery, book binder
Gingham, 2015
Book printed accordion-style on Zerkall mould-made paper with fourteen tipped-in color inkjet prints
41.9 x 30 x 1.8 cm (16 1/2 x 11 13/16 x 11/16 inches) (book)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Burns 2016.43.2
Unknown artist, Japanese, Japan
Two pages from an artist’s sketchbook, second half 1800s
ink on paper, or ink and slight color on paper
26 x 18.6 x .5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 3/16 inches)
Museum Collection 49.439
Jane Kent
American, b. 1952
Richard Ford, author
Privacy, 1999
Illustrated book with 7 etchings
Sheet: 39.8 x 26.7 cm (15 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches)
Edgar J. Lownes Fund 2000.94
Wenceslaus Hollar
Bohemian
Muscarum Scaraboreorum Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae … ex Collectione Arundelian, 1646
Etching
12.7 x 16.5 x 1 cm (5 x 6 1/2 x 3/8 inches)
Museum Membership Fund 70.089
Nabil Gonzalez
American, b. 1988
Memento Mori, 2016
Artist’s book with watercolor, tea staining, and Xerox transferred text on kozo paper; bound in mulberry paper with sumi ink, hair, and title Xerox transferred on the cover
Overall: 29 x 32.5 x 2.6 cm (11 7/16 x 12 13/16 x 1 inches)
Print Purchase Award 2016.71
Francesco Clemente
Italian, b. 1952
Alberto Savinio, author
Petersburg Press, Inc., publisher
Departure of the Argonaut, 1986
Letterpress with lithography
Height x Depth: 4 x 1.9 cm (1 9/16 x 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 1996.72
