The Athenaeum’s Erika & Fred Torri Artists’ Books Collection

 
Book NumberArtistTitlePub. YearBox No.Comment
AB 1994.4Fredman, FaiyaAbsurd sleepy ballet1994195
AB 1996.6Fredman, FaiyaD.R.'s Desert19964
AB 1999.41Fredman, FaiyaShe who knows...199938
AB 2005.20Fredman, FaiyaDomvs Avrea and Domvs Avrea II20053
AB 2008.42Fredman, FaiyaBotanical images 2005-200720073
AB 2008.86Fredman, FaiyaRome 2005n.d.3
AB 2014.76Fredman, FaiyaDomestic collection suggestions #12013189
AB 2014.77Fredman, FaiyaDomestic collection suggestions #22013189
AB 2014.78Fredman, FaiyaDomestic collection suggestions #32013189
AB 2014.79Fredman, FaiyaDomestic collection suggestions #42013189
 

In 2010, the Athenaeum published a booklet exploring the library’s complete collection of artist’s books by the much heralded contemporary artist Ed Ruscha. A second booklet focusing on the Athenaeum’s complete collection of Ida Applebroog’s artist's books was published in 2011. The third booklet on Allen Ruppersberg was published in 2012 and the fourth and fifth booklets (on John Baldessari and Bruce Nauman) were published in 2013. In 2016, the booklet on Roberta Allen’s complete collection was published, followed by booklets on Allan Kaprow and Mel Bochner in 2018. Currently a booklet on Sol LeWitt and a second edition of booklet on Ed Ruscha are in process. All booklets—catalogues raisonnés—are sent out to a list of national and international institutions interested in artists’ books.