Bound to Amaze: Inside a Book-Collecting Career

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Jul 20 2018 - Nov 25 2018

This focus exhibition celebrates the vision of Krystyna Wasserman, curator emerita, who assembled NMWA’s collection of more than 1,000 artists’ books over a thirty-year period. Bound to Amaze centers on her discovery of books created through inventive techniques such as piercing, pleating, curling, tying, and carving. With subjects ranging from Shakespeare’s Desdemona to the pleasures of eating, the books featured also reveal Wasserman’s love of both drama and whimsy. Through this recently retired curator’s expert work, NMWA has become a world-renowned repository for this dynamic and highly expressive art form.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

  • Books / Manuscripts
  • Various artists

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