Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes

Designer, concept: John Cage
Designer, concept: Lois Long
Illustrator/Writer: John Cage
Categories: Bookwork / Illustrated Books, Poetry/Proses/Text Works, Scrolls & Concertina Books, Serigraph Print Books

Reference no.:L/Cag.J-Lon.L/83.00 Place/Shelf:4sthBR

Book title:	Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes
Published by:	Callaway Editions
Year made:	1983
Place made:	Japan/USA
Original:	Yes
Edition: (No. in Edition)	300 (44)
Dimensions:	125 x 125
Binder:	commercial binding
Physical description:	concertina fold in card cover binding
Medium:	text, illustrations
Collaborations:	Simca Print Artists, Japan
Further information:
"Composer Cage and textile designer Long collaborated on Mud Book's original text and artwork one mid 'fifties autumn evening in Pomona, New York. It was intended as a children's book with a view to it bringing in some money. Unfortunately they were unable to raise any interest in it. Having rediscovered the maquette in her files, Long showed it to artist Graham Snow, whose dealer, gallery owner David Grob, was enthusiastic. A numbered, signed edition of five hundred concertina-format books was produced in 1983 in conjunction with Tokyo printer Hiroshi Kawanishi (Simca Print Artists). Simca used over one hundred silkscreens to approximate the original as accurately as possible." (from http://steviecurates.blogspot.com.au)