Explore this traveling exhibition of fine bindings, including Kitty Maryatt’s re-creation of the groundbreaking book La Prose du Transsibérien, originally produced in 1913 by painter Sonia Delaunay and poet Blaise Cendrars.
La Prose du Transsibérien pushed boundaries of book structure, painted imagery, and poetic expression. Having researched the book’s production since 2012, Kitty debuted a new edition in 2018, which faithfully incorporates techniques used in the original. At the same time, she commissioned fine bindings by notable design binders from around the world.
This virtual exhibition features the work of 25 design binders, including Don Glaister, Monique Lallier, Midori Kunikata-Cockram, and Patricia Owen. Co-curated by Toby Schwartzburg and Simon Eccles, the exhibition debuted at the San Francisco Center for the Book and has since traveled from Los Angeles to Boston. It is slated to be on view next in London, England.
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 Kathy Abbott, England |  Servane Briand, United States |  Hannah Brown, England |
 Coleen Curry, United States |  Sue Doggett, England |  Samuel Feinstein, United States |
 Erin Fletcher, United States |  Don Glaister, United States |  Derek Hood, England |
 Susan Hulme, United States |  Lang Ingalls, United States |  George Kirkpatrick, England |
 Midori Kunikata-Cockram, England |  Monique Lallier, United States |  Kitty Maryatt, United States (Regular Edition) |
 Kitty Maryatt, United States (Deluxe Edition) |  Sabina Nies, United States |  Patricia Owen, United States |
 Eleanore Ramsey, United States |  James Reid-Cunningham, United States |  Dominic Riley, England |
 Tracey Rowledge, England |  Haein Song, England |  Priscilla Spitler, United States |
 Julian Thomas, Wales |  Jonathan Tremblay, Canada |  Henri Matisse, France |
 Henri Toulouse Lautrec, France |  Pablo Picasso, France |  Arlette Le More, France |
 Maturin Méheut, France |  Georges Lepape, France |  Kitty Maryatt's Pochoir Process |