Evelyn Eller ~ New York

Transitions
By Evelyn Eller
New York: Evelyn Eller, 2006. One-of-a-Kind.

6 x 7 x 1"; 8 unnumbered leaves on handmade paper loosely laid into black plastic box lined with patterned paper. The leaves contain paper collages with snippets of text and image. Paper title on lid tipped onto matching patterned paper.

With a single photocopied image on most pages along with multiple definitions seemingly cut from dictionaries the collages set forth the possible base roles of a woman's life - girl, daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, widow - along with the trappings of those roles as captured by language - girlish, fertile, womb, fertile, sisterly, womanly, widely.

Transitions suggests that what begins simply as girl/girlish becomes more and more complex through the transitions of a woman's life.
$600

Altered Places
By Evelyn Eller
2002. Edition of 3.

8 x 9"; 8 pages. Each of the three in the edition are variants. Each is a collage of colored handmade papers to produce an outdoor scene “altered and edited from works by Robert Rosenbaum.”

John Arthur Shanks in The Artist's Magazines: "Evelyn Eller's collage landscapes are as carefully and delicately constructed as the rhymes of a pastoral poem. Rivers, ponds, paths, mountains, seas, sand, skies, land and grasses - ripped, torn and cut in paper - she orchestrates to capture the airiness of a summer day, the downy snowfall of early winter, or the desolation of a deserted beach. Working in paper, Eller moves and adjusts, scales and re scales the prime elements in nature."

Eller: "To communicate a mood, a feeling in each collage, I try to create the illusion of deep space... Once I focus on the distinct impression I want to convey, I select papers the same way a painter chooses paints. And like an interior designer, I lay swatches of paper together to arrange a texture and color scheme that best captures my own feeling. I usually use three papers plus one sheet for the background of the collage, chosen for a color and fiber that adds depth to the final assemblage."
$900

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Anatomy Lesson
By Evelyn Eller
New York: Evelyn Eller, 2001. One-of-a-Kind.

11.75 x 13"; 16 pages. Images from old anatomy books have been reduced and copied onto papers of varied color then tipped onto pages of varying sizes. All sewn into thick textured handmade-paper covers with paper title label.

The mud-like covers textured with fibers contrast to the balanced and calm collage on the interior pages. These interior pages represent the detached order of medical textbooks – in contrast to the blood and guts of real life? Science and art can remove reality to bearable distance?
$750

Comparisons
By Evelyn Eller
New York: Evelyn Eller, 1986. One-of-a-Kind.

10.25. x 10.5"; a one-sided accordion structure with 6 panels. Etchings and collage with handmade Japanese paper. Bound in paper covered boards with paper title tipped on.

On the central panels Eller orients one etching in four directions.

$1,000

Why
By Evelyn Eller
2006. One-of-a-Kind.

8 x 11" closed; extends to 11 x 63". Mixed media collage, Ingres Paper, Xerox on parchment paper, book cloth.

Evelyn Eller: "... created after seeing photos of some of the 2000 American soldiers that had died since the beginning of the Iraq war. Sadly, the number is now much higher."
$900

One World
By Evelyn Eller
2005. One-of-a-kind.

8 x 8. 4" Circular box. Mixed media collage, xeroxed and painted paper in and on a handmade paper black round box.

Evelyn Eller: "This book expresses my hope for a world where people of different cultures and languages can live together in peace and harmony."
$600

Reliquary for the Book
By Evelyn Eller
1996. Edition of 9.

5 x 5.5" 18 pages. Collages of text fragments over computer generated pages. In handmade paper covers with handsewn twine binding. Housed in black hand-made paper envelope with Velcro closure.

Eller uses her paper text collages to explore the information age and books. She asks the question that continues to be asked as computers make inroads into our daily lives. "Are Books Obsolete?"
$250 (Two copies remain in the edition)

Layers
By Evelyn Eller
1993. One-of-a-Kind

In black cloth clamshell box with suede lining. Collages in wooden box with collage on lid of wooden box. Contained within three collage pieces. Each collage is developed using different language texts.

Eller's primary medium is collage. She has a lifelong interest in travel and other cultures. While looking through a bookstore in Istanbul, she found two old handwritten Korans. Taking pages from these books and adding fragments of script from other languages she shows the interrelatedness of different cultures and their commonality.
(SOLD)

Music & Dances
By Evelyn Eller
1994. One-of-a-Kind.

11 x 8 x 1.5" lidded box. Dimensional angel on top of box. Interior lined with blue and decorated with music scores and angels and accentuated with scrolls of music.

Evelyn Eller (from Women of the Book): “The book format is a natural form to express my ideas on memory, travel, language, and nature. Lately I have been using the book as a sculptural object in which I combine disparate materials. Many of my books incorporate wooden boxes, photographs, reproductions, maps, music, as well as print from newspapers and magazines.”
(SOLD)

Musical Memories
By Evelyn Eller
2000. One-of-a-Kind

Four collaged pages in handmade paper. Collage pieces made by Xerox pages on Japanese paper. Paper pieces of composers and music. Bound in handmade paper.
(SOLD)

Words and Language
By Evelyn Eller
1999. One-of-a-kind.

13 x 16" Mixed media collage, seven unique languages, handmade and painted paper. Lana paper, Xerox, book cloth, ribbon.

Evelyn Eller has been interested in using words and language in books and collages for the last few years. This book is one in the series on Language.
(SOLD)

Words and Music
By Evelyn Eller
2003. Edition of 4.

8 x 10" Boards covered in black cloth with paper title on front. Interior pages fold out top, bottom, right, left. These can then lay out in a "T" or fold back in to form "sculptures" of language.

Eller's texts are exercises in the juxtaposition of visual fragments.
(SOLD)