Spitz & Pollack ~ New York
(Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack)

Victorian Splendor
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York: Spitz & Pollack, 2009. Edition of 10.

10 x 8 x 2.5" hardbound three-dimensional desk with pull-down flap, drawers, and an accordion miniature book (8 pages). Materials: Bockingford-cream watercolor paper 140 lb., Cranes natural white paper 140lb; Biscotti-colored archival mat board; casein archival fixative. Processes: Gocco and digital printing. Watercolor. Housed in a hardbound 9 x 11 x 2.5" clamshell case covered in hand-painted Japanese silk book cloth.

Spitz & Pollack: "An homage to the pioneers of the women's suffrage movement whose courage and perseverance led the way."

A three-dimensional 19th-century desk with drop down writing area and pull out drawers, complete with Victorian touches, peacock feathers, a Japanese fan, a gas lamp.

Colophon: "Perhaps like many people, we tended to connect the Women's Suffrage Movement with images of early 20th-century parades and pickets.However, a chance encounter with a wonderful little book, Women of the Suffrage Movement by Janice E. Ruth & Evelyn Sinclair ..., reminded us of the pre-Civil War beginnings of the campaign and the remarkable women who supported it.

"This book from the Library of Congress' Women Who Dare series acted as inspiration for our piece, Victorian Splendor. Also helpful to us in our research were the informative website – http://womenshistory.about.com and the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton."
$325

Fractured Landscapes
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York: Spitz & Pollack, 2006. Edition of 12.

9.375 x 7.25" split-page accordion structure. Collage of images from original photographs. Constructed with Japanese inspired sewn spine and paper slipcase. Materials: elephant hide cardstock; suede; mulberry paper; and, geometric laser printed labels.

Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack: "The split-page accordion structure houses images which began as original photographs of urban reflections on cars. The motivation for this piece was to find beauty even in unnatural, man-made surfaces of a modern, impersonal city. The structure allows the images to swing free and be seen in more than one permutation. It also affords the opportunity for the piece to be displayed like a star book, from a codex to a full 360 degree angle. An added layered mosaic grid transforms abstraction into abstraction as the city landscapes grow even more surreal."
$350 (Last two copies)

Modern Home and Garden
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York: Spitz & Pollack, 2006. Edition of 25.

5.25 x 2.625 x 2" Clear mylar box (housed in a blue paper box) holds two miniature books. The Modern Home (2.75 x 2.125 x .125") is a hardbound laser-printed, double-sided accordion with eight projections, hand engineered and assembled. The Garden (2.25 x 2.125 x .375") is hardbound, hand woven, and has a collaged batik cover and metal paperclips.

Spitz & Pollack: "A tongue-in-cheek look at the values of modern urban life. A luxury condominium dwelling unfolds and grows from a colorful extending pop-up book whose text extols the virtues of triple-mint living while the garden book beside it opens in artificial collaged absurdity. Both miniature structures are housed inside a hand designed clear mylar box with Plexiglas cubed feet."
$125 (Three copies remaining)

21 Grams:
The Spice of Life
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York: Spitz & Pollack, 2005. Edition of 35.

9.75 x 13.5 x 2". Materials: watercolor, Japanese silk book cloth, archival cotton rag museum board, and telephone directory.

Spitz & Pollack: "Reflections on the values of a human soul depicted as a spice rack whose printed bottles- holding some unusual contents slide back to reveal the true universal worth carved out beneath in this combination altered book/case."

Text: "Twenty-one grams refers to the amount of mass said to escape the body at the moment of death — the supposed weight of the soul."
$750

Pop-up Library Series

Amee Pollack: "Enter a world of living history where handmade pop-ups, movables and miniature pamphlets offer an unexpected glimpse of the so-called progress of civilization. Professor Pinkerton is a fictional character we made up — although we like to think of him as a relative of the famous Pinkerton Detectives of the Old Wild West. In other words, he's a sleuth of history. As for the initials 'M.J." we just like the sound of them."

Professor Pinkerton's Pop-Up Library
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York: Spitz & Pollack, 2009. Edition of 10.

8.5 x 8.75" three-room carousel. 9 pop-ups; 6 movables; 2 flaps; 6 booklets. Illustrated with collage, pochoir, pen-and-ink, and painting. Original pop-up facades, wall and floor designs stenciled onto Elephant Hide cover stock paper. Booklets, movables, and flaps digitally printed and hand assembled. Bound with Indian Deco flock paper.

This is the second in the Pop-up Library series. The first Pinkerton Library had only one room. The library has now expanded to three.

Colophon: "Tie back the covers of this three-room carousel library and enter a world of living history where handmade pop-ups, ull-tabs, wheel, slides, and miniature pamphlets offer an unexpected glimpse of the so-called progress of civilization."
$600

Professor Pinkerton's Pop-Up Library:
A Peek into the Modern Age
By Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack
New York, NY: Spitz & Pollack, 2008. Edition of 12.

8.25 x 8.75"; 3 pop-ups; 2 movables; 2 flaps; 2 booklets. Screen and laser printed. Three-dimensional room with collage. Illustrated pop-up furniture, floor, and decoration based on original hand-painted and stenciled designs and pen-and-ink drawings. Pop-ups hand-engineered and screen printed on Elephant Hide cover. Pamphlets and background laser printed and collaged. Book bound with Japanese Mohair Brown book cloth and Indian decorative paper.

Amee Pollack: "This work is a follow-up to our Movable Dictionary. That one was a political commentary, whereas this one is a social commentary."
$195