By Chance:
Serendipity and Randomness in Contemporary Artists' Books
By Robin Price and Jae Jennifer Rossman
New Haven, CT: the jenny-press, 2004. Edition of 300.

5.5 x 8.5"; 30 pages. Printed on acid-free paper. Paper wraps. Sewn binding. Signed by the authors.

Colophon: "The cover image is a combinatory blind collaboration between Price and Rossman. Each author created an image knowing only that these would be screen-printed, one on top of the other. The order of imposition and ink colors were determined by chance, in this case a throw of the dice."

Authors: "Robin Price is the proprietor of Robin Price, Printer & Publisher, Middletown, Connecticut.

"Jae Jennifer Rossman is the Special Collections Librarian for the Arts Library, part of the Yale University Library, and the proprietor of the jenny-press, New Haven, Connecticut."

the jenny-press: "Chance is often a factor in the creation of artwork. Making books and other artworks by hand allows serendipity and randomness to sneak into their creation. Over the years many artists have incorporated into their creative process chance operations, randomness, or blind collaboration. In this essay, authors Robin Price and Jae Jennifer Rossman explore several categories of chance processes and elaborate on their use in the work of contemporary book artists."
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