L to R: Cover of "Francesca Woodman: The Artist's Books,” MACK, London, UK, 2023 / All artist’s books by Francesca Woodman. Covers and spreads from “Some Disordered Interior Geometries," 1980 / "Quaderno dei Dettati e dei Temi," 1978-1980 / “Quaderno," 1978 / "Untitled (Pilgrim Mills)," 1977-1978 / "Angels, Calendar, Notebook," 1977-1978 / "Portraits, Friends, Equations," 1977-1978 / "Untitled (Self-Deceit)," 1978 / "Portrait of a Reputation," 1976-1977. Image courtesy MACK. © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London.
Cover of "Francesca Woodman: The Artist's Books,” MACK, London, UK, 2023.
COMING JUNE 2023: "Francesca Woodman: The Artist's Books,” MACK, London, England, 2023
"Francesca Woodman: The Artist’s Books" collects for the first time every page of all eight of Francesca Woodman’s unique artist’s books in one comprehensive volume, including two newly discovered books which have never before been seen alongside better-known titles such as "Some Disordered Interior Geometries."
L to R: 1-6: Spreads from "Some Disordered Interior Geometries,” c. 1980-81. From original artist book, 24 pages + cover | "Almost a Square," 1977, 4 7/16 x 4 9/16 in. | "Angels," c. 1977-78, 3 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. | "Untitled," c. 1977-78, 4 9/16 x 4 11/16 in. | All gelatin silver prints. Artist's book images courtesy MACK. All works by Francesca Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Francesca Woodman. Spread from "Some Disordered Interior Geometries,” c. 1980-81. Image courtesy MACK. Artwork © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"Some Disordered Interior Geometries," Rome, Italy: "Francesca Woodman: Alternate Stories," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Francesca Woodman was a frequent visitor to the Maldoror bookshop during the year she spent studying in Rome. In the hours she spent rooting through the stacks there, she began to collect old notebooks filled with elaborate handwriting exercises and objective mathematical lessons, all in Italian.
Cover and pages from Pattern, Crime & Decoration catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
"Pattern, Crime & Decoration" catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
George Woodman and Betty Woodman featured in newly released "Pattern, Crime & Decoration" exhibition catalogue
The catalogue for "Pattern, Crime & Decoration"—a two-part exhibition at MAMCO, Geneva and Le Consortium, Dijon —focuses on the work of artists associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement in the US. It includes paintings by George Woodman and wall-based ceramic sculptures by Betty Woodman.