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VABC Raucous Auction 11-11-11

Raucous Auction
Friday, November 11
ELEVEN! ELEVEN!! ELEVEN!!!
5:30- 8PM Live auctions at 6 and 7, silent auction til 7:45
Suggested donation: $11 or purchase

Virginia Arts of the Book Center
2125 Ivy Square Shopping Center
(enter through the Art Box)

It’s that time of year again–join us for the Raucous Auction as the members of the VABC celebrate the auspicious postmark date 11-11-11 with a debut of the “POSTMARK” project–a collaborative print set of postcard-influenced art. Every piece is a 4″-6.5″ expression of the temporal, spatial, and emotional displacement we experience beneath the glossy veneer of a postcard.

What else might you see for sale, silent auction, or raucous auction that night? Have a peek at our preview (constantly being updated) below:

: Rare Book School class of your choice in the 2012 schedule of weeklong intensives on book history and culture. Classes are valued over $1000.

: Janisse Ray broadside “There Is a Miracle for You If You Keep Holding On,” with artwork by Josef Beery in collaboration with Brown College students. 2011.

: John Lane’s broadside “In the Suburbs,” woodcut by Josef Beery and produced in collaboration with Brown College Students. November 2010.

: Melville reinterpreted in Hailey Leithauser’s “Pip, Mid-Sea,” with ink-for-plate artwork by Frank Riccio, 2011. Limited edition of 100.

: Four tickets to LiveArts’s production of “The Producers” by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, December 9, 2011 – January 14, 2012.

: Kevin McFadden’s broadside of Walt Whitman’s poem “A Font of Type” and a quote from the good gray poet about typesetting. Poem and quote typeset by hand in Caslon lead type. Image by plate of Whitman’s face composed in Caslon letters of his name. Limited edition of 100.

: Artist Bin Dahn’s daugereotype and Robert Schultz’s poem “Amulet,” from a 2009-2010 collaboration with image of Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. Limited edition of 150 copies. (Donated by Bonnie Bernstein)

: One week in a Paris apartment. See flyer for details and dates.

: Dean Dass’s “Couple Enlacé”–pencil, ink, gouache 9″x10″, framed at 14″x18″, 2010.

: Kevin McFadden’s limited edition broadside, “Ruin,” letterpressed woodblock and polymer text on archival paper. Number 2/16.

: Kristin Adolfson’s limited edition block print of frog with letterpressed haiku by Basho. Number 3/5.

: Matthew, Bennett, and Francesca Gibson’s collaboration, “The Friendly Beasts,” letterpressed woodcut on Fabriano paper, in a three card with envelope set.

: “Alphablock I”: Angie Hogan, woodtype print on Stonehenge paper, 2009.

: “Alphablock II”: Angie Hogan, woodtype print on Stonehenge paper, 2009.

: Stacey Evans’s sintra plate and inkjet print, featuring ink on archival pigment and archival matte. 2009.

: Lindsey Mears’s mixed media with found marginalia. 10 x 10 x 2, framed.

: Jesse Wells’s “Listo,” 9×9 letterpress in two colors. 2011.

: Jesse Wells’s “Curler,” 9×9 letterpress and silkscreen. 2011.

: Jesse Wells’s “Intersection,” 13×17 letterpress with gouache. 2011.

: Jesse Wells’s “Trio” – 17×13 letterpress. 2011.

: Jesse Wells’s “Double File” – 13×17 letterpress. 2011.

: Hardcover first edition of 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation, signed by creators Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon.

: Josef Beery’s broadside of an anonymous frog poem, woodcut and block print.

: Josef Beery’s “The Printed Word Lives” poster, 18×24, on brown paper, 1990s.

: Josef Beery’s “Cabbage,” woodcut and block print, limited edition, 2011.

: Josef Beery’s “Turn Off the Buzz” poster, 18×24, block cut on brown paper, 2006.

: Lincoln Perry’s Charlottesville, UVa Press 2005 special edition of 100, cloth cover with a black cloth slipcase and gold stamping. No longer available. (Donated by Katherine McNamara)

: Cloth book featuring artist Anish Kapoor working in the studio, b/w images, final image the artwork in color. Poetry by Indian postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha. (Donated by Katherine McNamara)

: “Georgia O’Keefe: Some Memories of Drawings.” Handsome cloth-bound edition. 1988, Doris Bly. (Donated by Katherine McNamara)

: Jennifer Billingsly’s untitled block print, matted and framed, limited edition of 12.

: Joan Schatzman’s plate etching, “Virginia Old Salt,” on archival paper, 2011.

: Frank Riccio’s “1000 Units of Forgiveness” from the INDULGENCES project. Ink image and plate. VABC, 2010.

: Amanda Nelsen’s “Forgiving Ownership of Entirely Too Many Books” from the INDULGENCES project, a limited edition of 55. VABC, 2010.

: Garrett Queen’s “Winter Solstice” bags. Set of two ignitable bags with letterpress printed instructions for use on shortest night of the year.

: Michael Swanberg’s “Fertility” linocut run through etching press on paper found in Chinatown, NY. Limited edition 9/10

: Michael Swanberg’s five holiday greeting cards and envelopes, featuring drypoint etching technique. The message is “Peace.”

: Lana Lambert’s blockprint, “Fatter Fat Toad,” 2011. Limited edition, 21/50.

: Lana Lambert’s blockprint “Odonata,” 2011. Limited edition, 21/30.

: Lana Lambert’s blockprint “River Goddess,” 2011. Limited edition, 19/30.

: Richard Diebenkorn – Two paperback books, “Paintings and Drawings, 1943-1980″ and a catalogue of works. (Donated by Katherine McNamara)

: Katherine McNamara’s “Good God! The long-haired boys have lost control!” poster, from the YOUR WORDS HERE project, VABC 2011.

: Sarah Knorr’s “Treat Everyone You Meet Like God in Drag. –Ram Dass” from the YOUR WORDS HERE project, VABC 2011.

: Kevin McFadden’s “Chew Your News Before You Swallow,” YOUR WORDS HERE project, VABC 2011.

: Rachel Singel’s limited edition reduction print, Summer 2009. Number 3/11.

: Geoffrey Barstow’s letterpressed broadside of a Christina Rossetti poem, “Who has seen the wind.?” printed in April 2011. Number 33/33.

: “Happy New Year, Downtown Belmont,” Joan Schatzman, 2009.

: “Straight Wharf, Nantucket”: Joan Schatzman’s block cut image on paper, 2009. Framed.

: “Bistro, Nantucket”: Joan Schatzman’s block cut image on paper, 2009.

: From Universal Magazine, London, W. Bent, 1792. 8″x5″ sheet. An idealized Britannia in exoticized landscaped. (Donated by Katherine McNamara)

: Josef Beery’s “Predatory Lending Sucks,” a tentacled etching from 2009. Artist’s proof.

: Lana Lambert’s “Agnostus,” Japanese woodblock print in the Moku Hanga style, ground pigments from natural materials. Limited edition, number 30/30.

Filed under: Announcements, Hot off the Presses on October 10th, 2011

2 Responses

Thanks for the heads up. How does the auction work? Best regards, Frank

Frank Mattson
10/12/2011 at 4:23 pm

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