TEN VIEWS OF FLORIDA.
- New York, NY: Russell Maret, 2025.
- 4to
- shimmering grey silk-covered boards with clipped flap featuring inset stripe of gradated orange, repeating the 'Fade' image from the book itself
- (10) pages, plus (vii) pages of text by Maret. Colophon at rear.
Price: $1,750.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 142592
Limited to 70 numbered copies signed by Russell Maret on the colophon. A fine copy. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Ten Views of Florida was designed and printed by Russell Maret, and bound by Amy Borezo of Shelter Bookworks. The images were printed from linoleum cuts, metal type ornaments, and photopolymer plates on Rives BFK paper. The book's core element stems from books being banned in public schools by Florida during the 2024-2025 year. Nine books were selected: Fade, The Bluest Eye, Beyond Magenta, Rainbow High, Triangles, Tilt, Half of a Yellow Sun, Smoke, and Red Hood. Using the nine books as inspiration for his work, Maret composed nine illustrations, each incorporating a different technique when creating it. The 'tenth view' is Maret's own perception of books being banned and how it could affect society into the future.
Produced for the 2024-25 Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment Residency at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The book's concept and structure were inspired by materials in the Florida History / Florida Tourism Ephemera Collection in the Special and Area Studies Collections and grew to incorporate issues of book banning in the Florida Public Schools.