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This book is by Kitty Caparella,
a reporter and artist living in Philadelphia. Entitled The
Message, the unopened volume is a three-inch square white
silk book, tied by a muslin sash. The book is designed to be opened
slowly, revealing a swastika shape formed by the red-smeared faces
of terrorists with an image of the bombed World Trade buildings
at the center. The printed faces are painted with water color
and acrylics, and a Middle Eastern design is stamped on the back
of the mug shots. The work won the Rose and Ben Wolf Printmaking
Department Prize at the 101st Annual Student Exhibition
of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It was donated by the
artist and will become part of the artists' books collection in
the Rare Book and Special
Collections Division of the Library.
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