Van Pelt Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Van Pelt Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries hosts two exhibitions and related events during Philagrafika 2010. Werner Pfeiffer (censor, villain, provocateur, experimenter): Book-Objects & Artist Books (September 8, 2009-February 12, 2010) introduces a sculptor, printmaker, and painter renowned for his insightful and moving book-objects and artist books which comment and reflect on the place and role of the book in the twenty-first century.
Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern (September 7, 2010-February 13, 2011) pays particular attention to the graphic work as well as the sculpture and furniture of this great, but often overlooked, mid-twentieth-century American Artist.
Wharton Esherick, Of a Great City
Werner Pfeiffer, Difficult to Fit
Dates
Werner Pfeiffer: Book Objects and Artists Books
September 8, 2009-February 12, 2010
Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern
September 7, 2010-February 13, 2011
Venue Information
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Kamin Gallery
3420 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
Phone:(215) 898-7088
Web: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/events.html
Email: rbml@pobox.upenn.edu
Hours: Mon- Fri 8:30am - 10pm
Saturday & Sunday prior arrangement required
Admission:
Free and open to the public,
but photo ID required
Transportation:
SEPTA Bus routes 21 and 42
Green Line to 36th and Sansom Streets
Market-Frankford Line to 34th
and Market Streets
