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French

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10.4000/perspective.6929

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10.4000/perspective.6929

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Abstract

Numerous libraries around the world collect and deal with artists’ books and make them available to the public. Why are art libraries so suited to performing this role? Given the specificity of artists’ books, the collecting, classification, and availability of books present special demands for librarians. In its role as an institution that provides services, the library offers the best guarantee for optimal conditions for consultation. Artists’ books can be considered as works of art in their own right, but can also be consulted in a library together with so-called secondary literature or other sources for art history, such as archival material and ephemeral pamphlets. Printed ephemera represent invaluable sources of information for art historians, as is demonstrated by their growing importance in exhibitions. The value of an artist’s book as a historical and artistic source depends, ultimately, on the nature of each work and on the researchers’ topics.

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