Extrapolate - Richard Kostelanetz

KOSTELANETZ, Richard.
Extrapolate.
First edition. Folding leporello artist book on 24 pages. B&w graphics printed to one side. An edition of 400 copies only (12 numbered and signed by the artist). New York: Assembling Press, 1975.
A small tear on the outer leaf and slightly discoloured. A well survived copy of an ephemeral item.

Fun accordion-fold artist book by Richard Kostelanetz that was made in homage to the Constructivist movement. The simple concept employs black and white lines drawn over each folding page of the book at different patterns and densities. The work acts as a long serial abstract pattern subtly changing in design as it is unfolded in the hand.