Special Collection
Rosemary Furtak Artist Book Collection

Robert The, Readers' Digest (cake book), 1988
This important collection includes books by artists represented in the Walker Art Center’s permanent collection, such as Sol LeWitt, Dieter Roth, Edward Ruscha, and Lawrence Weiner. It includes books by artists working primarily with the book form, as well as exemplary work by local book artists. It is named after Rosemary Furtak, the Walker’s librarian of 29 years, who is recognized as a visionary in her field for building this distinguished collection of artist books. Rosemary Furtak defined artist books as “books that refuse to behave like books.”
Artwork Type
Decade
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[untitled]unknown
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Snowglobenot dated
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Perhaps the opportunity to feel the music of trees comes only once...not dated
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Wildlifoodin 1circa 2000
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Kippenberger-Oehlen: 14.000.000 - Für ein Hallöchencirca 1990
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Cy Twomblycirca 1982
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Typographycirca 1980
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Veracirca 1969-1970
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Untitledcirca 1963
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Concert for Piano and Orchestra: Solo for Pianocirca 1960
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Ray Johnson Mail Artc.1963-1979
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Marcel Broodthaers, Une Seconde: Une Seconde d'Eternité d'Après une Idée de...[2015]
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Fruits and nuts[2011]
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Synthetic2024
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Library Ideal Ideal Library2024
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Kaddish2024
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Interview with Amiri Baraka2024
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Martha's Quarterly, Issue 26, Winter 2023: Tigididada2023
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[Re]collections & Earthly Artifacts2023
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Space Doubt: Day 12: Spacewalk2023
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Martha's Quarterly, Issue 27, Spring 2023: Devil in Disguise2023
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The Island Weights2023
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Home is Where the Buffalo Used to Be2023
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Martha's Quarterly, Issue 28, Summer 2023: Flat Juicy Round Swirl2023
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When Eye Land2023
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I Saw It2023
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In the Bloom of Their Joy & the Flower of Their Happiness2023
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Of Painted Ears and Listening Eyes2023
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Manual2023
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Bookfiend2023