Artists' Books

 

Artist

Jeffrey Lew

Nationality

American

Artist Dates

b. 1946

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Date of Work

1976

Medium

Artist book

Height

7 1/2"

Width

6"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection

Status

Stored: FF_012_D

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

Jeffrey Lew was born in 1946 in New York City, NY and is currently based out of Florida. Lew did not receive professional art training, instead he is self taught claiming a "Street Wise" education. He is best known for his roll as a co-founder of 112 Greene Street Gallery, an experimental artist-run gallery in SoHo in the early 1970's which was popular with the Fluxus artists at the time. Lew currently specializes in photography, drawing painting and sculpting. Jeffery Lew has work in the permanent collections of the Kent Kleinman Collection, the Sidney Lewis Collection, and many others.

Additional Information

White front and back cover. Black words and a red book on the front cover. Book of assorted lithographs created from Jeffrey Lew's Book Collection (ca.1970) at 112 Greene Street Gallery.

James Smith Pierce Collection

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Condition

Very good

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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