the visible word experimental typography and modern art

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The Visible Word: Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923 First Edition

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• ISBN-10 0226165019
• ISBN-13 978-0226165011
• Edition First Edition
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date June 25, 1994
• Language English
• Dimensions 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• Print length 306 pages
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Johanna Drucker is the Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies and a distinguished professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has been the recipient of Fulbright, Mellon, and Getty Fellowships and in 2019 was the inaugural Distinguished Senior Humanities Fellow at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. Her artist books are included in museums and libraries in North America and Europe, and her creative work was the subject of a traveling retrospective,  Druckworks 1972-2012: 40 Years of Books and Projects . Her publications include Visualizing Interpretation , Iliazd: Meta-biography of a Modernist , and The Digital Humanities Coursebook .

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; First Edition (June 25, 1994)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 306 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226165019
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226165011
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• #921 in Desktop Publishing
• #1,584 in Typography (Books)
• #133,489 in Engineering (Books)

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