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Welcome to the Printed Matter Research Room.

This section of our site has been designed especially for scholars of artists' publications and the scholarly-minded. The search function will provide bibliographies in printer-friendly format, and accesses information from Printed Matter's vast database of artists' publications. If you are looking for publications available for purchase, please click here. More search tips can be found on the advanced search page.

The Research Room also features critical essays on the history of artists books, as well as curated lists of books built around themes, both accessible by links on this page.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestions.

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Tips for Searching: Type first name first, for example: "richard tuttle" or just "tuttle." For multiple artists, enter "tuttle AND deedman" or "tuttle, deedman."

Title:

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Tips for Searching: Type as much or as little of the exact title as you want, for example: "twentysix gasoline stations" or just "twentysix".

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Tips for Searching: Type publisher name, for example "something else press" or just "something".

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Tips for Searching: By combining more than one keyword, this search becomes a very powerful option. For example, you could search for "Richard Tuttle, France" to find books by Richard Tuttle published in France. It is important to separate multiple search keywords from each other with a comma, or they will be considered a phrase. The search function will search words relating to: artist, title, ISBN, category, volume, publisher, city of publication, country of publication, year of publication, cover type, binding, features, printing process, and synopsis. You can ignore accents and capitalization.

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Curated Lists

The 7th Annual Japanese Young Artists Books Fair

MacGregor Harp's RIsing Tides Lifting Yachts

Shannon Ebner NYABF 2012 edition

Matt Connors NYABF 2012 Edition

Pierre Le Hors Editions

:: more curated lists

Critical Essays

Warja Lavater: Bookworks 1951-1991 from the Estate of Warja Lavater

Artists' Magazines
Max Schumann
2010

Hungry Man, Reach for the book. It is a Weapon
WHW
2010

Queer Zines
AA Bronson
2008

Appropriation
Michalis Pichler
2009

:: more essays