Wonderful website with animated documentation of artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections

“The spectrum of modern and contemporary Artists’ Books in Reed College’s Special Collections and collected on this website include traditional letterpress printed books of poetry, conceptual book works, sculptural and visual works, concrete poetry, and magazine works. This unique collection, which holds significant 20th century and contemporary artists’ books, gives students and the broader population insight into the significant role artist’s books have played among the avant-garde of Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the United States, from the turn of the last century to the present.”

The works are divided into four categories: 1) livres d’artiste; 2) avant-garde; 3) conceptualist; 4) contemporary.