Edition Reese Books

Selected Books from Edition Reese are shown below. Click on thumbnails to open a gallery with more images, which are being added regularly.

The Seagazer 2003
Poem by Michael Hannon.

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Grasshopper 2000
Artist book by Paloma Cain, Jonathan Cecil, and Harry Reese.
12 by 15 inches

A collaborative artist’s book project by Paloma Cain, Jonathan Cecil and Harry Reese. The text combines fragments from versions of the I Ching – the Princeton University Wilhelm/Baynes translation and Thomas Meyer’s previously unpublished translation – with excerpts from Phillip K. Dick’s novel, The Man in the High Castle. The large format includes three oil-based monotype prints, letterpress printing, scanned images and computer-generated type with digital output on Monadnock Dulcet text paper in a variation of the sewnboards binding. Edition of 30.

The Standard 1997
Artist book by Harry Reese and Sandra Liddell Reese.
5 by 10 by 3 inches

The poem, written by Harry Reese in 1975, has been recontextualized by Sandra Liddell Reese within a faux gold brick, covered with genuine imitation gold leaf. A Victor-brand rat trap is set into the inside cover of each drop-spine gold brick. Printed from handset Times New Roman and Franklin Gothic types on MacGregor- Vinzani handmade paper, and decorated with ten dead-rat paintings by the poet. This gold brick measures 5 by 10 by 3 inches, and weighs in at approximately 3 pounds. Edition of 26.

Not Over Yet 1997
38 x 28 cm.

Unique book of drawings, prints and painting based upon the I Ching, and selections from the translation of Thomas Meyer of Hexagram 64. First part of a series called "The Book of Change," in which the artist finds coins on the street which he uses to initiate chance operations of the I Ching.

33 1/3: Off the Record 1995
Artist book by Harry Reese.
16 by 16 inches

Co-published by Alpha Presse, Frankfurt and Edition Reese, Isla Vista. Prints, collages, rubbings, drawings, and paintings by Harry Reese off, on, and from 33 1/3 vinyl lp records, with found texts and anecdotal ruminations by the artist. Edition of 12.

Pennyviews 1995
Artist book by Yoko Ono.

Drawings by the artist have been letterpress printed from photopolymer plates on kakishibu from the Fuji Mill in Japan. Black die-cut Moriki sheets are interspersed throughout the book. Binding by Sandra Liddell Reese with textured kakishibu over thin boards and copper spine relief printed with the artist’s name. Produced for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Contemporary Arts Forum. 50 pps. Edition of 125 signed copies.

RE 1994
Artist book by Kiki Smith.

An expanded 8-fold format. Text adapted from an Egyptian cosmology, handset and printed in Bembo. photoengraved image of the artist is printed on 1954 Whatman with adhered gampi silk tissue. This project produced for the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Edition of 100 signed copies.

Funagainstawake 1994
30.5 x 23 cm.

Eleven monotype prints by Harry Reese based upon the "ten thunders" of Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce. Printed in Perpetua on Magnani Italia. Unique suite of framed prints. Published in a limited edition with a binding by Daniel E. Kelm, for Granary Books, New York, 1997.

I am Goya 1993
38 x 25 cm.

Unique book with thumbnail reproductions of Goya prints and paintings with reference to poem, "GOYA," by Andrei Voznesensky. Painted prints by Harry Reese. Double page panel, hand-painted on one side by Sandra Liddell Reese with ink, graphite and clear shoe polish.

Near Goleta But Closer 1991
38 x 25 cm.

A unique book of found papers, photographs and photocopies, printed text and images, paintings, monotypes, and transcribed conversation. Handmade eucalyptus paper by Sandra Liddell Reese. Nine double-spread panels each made from 48 paper board tiles in a grid format.

Turnings 1991
Artist book by Joan Tanner.
15 by 20 inches

Original painting on wood, and three original drawings by Joan Tanner in each boxed set. The artist’s text has been handset in Optima and Franklin Gothic and letterpress printed on Turkey Press handmade paper. The triptych-style allows the ext and painting to be viewed separately or in combination. A video and vintage (1991) Kodak Photo CD, produced by Wayne McCall, document the entire project. Edition of 20.