"Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks" (2013)

Germany: PPP Editions (book, anthology), 2013.
clamshell box, closed [later addition]: 22.875" x 16.75" x 1.5", cloth covered.

book: 20" x 15" x ~0.5", 156 pages, unbound sheets in vinyl envelope, ISBN 978-0-9826431-4-3.

Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks, edited by Andrew Roth, Alex Kitnick, and Susan Bell, and published in a folio of folded, unbound leaves by PPP Editions (Germany) in 2013. This was published to coincide with an exhibition with Andrew Roth Gallery. Copyedited by Georgia Cool. Photography by Jeffrey Sturges. Designed by Garrick Gott with the assistance of Yoshie Hozumi. Production by Sue Mendicott, assisted by Jaewon Song and David Vu. Claire Lehmann provided descriptive text. Printed by Ninodruck (Ostifldern, Germany). Only 300 1st printing copies produced [such as the example shown].

This is a book that "explores how contemporary artists have used the scrapbook to forge an intimate artistic identity, in opposition to the bureaucratic, administrative papers that provide official identification," according to the publisher. This reproduces a number of artist scrapbooks at full-scale and full-color, giving a sense of their original presence. The book itself is very large (over 20" x 30" when open).

At pages 26-29, "Scrapbook 3" by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin is reproduced in part.

At pages 30-35, the "Red Scrapbook" by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin is reproduced in part.

At pages 36-41, "Scrapbook A" by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin is reproduced in part.

This copy is additionally in a clamshell box [not as issued], created by Bill Roberts of Bottle of Smoke Press. This copy was previously in the care of Charles and Pam Plymell, and was acquired through Jeffrey Weinberg of Water Row Books (Massachusetts, US). Pam Plymell noted that her and Charles hadn't given permission for the publishing of the Claude Pélieu sketchbook [they are the estate holders], and was given this copy by the publisher with apology. 

Contents: 

• Alex Kitnick: "Patterns and Scraps" (essay)
• "Artists' Scrapbooks Illustrated":
• Monika Baer: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Brigid Berlin: "Our Guests" (scrapbook pages)
• Joe Brainard: "A Happy New Year Scrap Book" (scrapbook pages)
• William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin:
• "Untitled (scrapbook 3)" (scrapbook pages)
• "Untitled (red scrapbook)" (scrapbook pages)
• "Untitled (scrapbook A)" (scrapbook pages)
• Jimmy De Sana: "Portraits" (scrapbook pages)
• John Evans: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Hans-Peter Feldmann: "Voyeur" (scrapbook pages)
• Isa Genzken: "I Love New York, Crazy City" (scrapbook pages)
• Al Hansen: 
• "Flux Flak Pak" (scrapbook pages)
• "Book 13" (scrapbook pages)
• "Untitled (engineer's notebook)" (scrapbook pages)
• Richard Hawkins: "Curious Yellow" (scrapbook pages)
• Geoffrey Hendricks: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Ray Johnson: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Brian Buczak: "20 pages of Ray Johnson's 1941 scrapbook given to Brian Buczak" (scrapbook pages)
• Leigh Ledare: "Ephemera" (scrapbook pages)
• Robert Mapplethorpe: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Aleksandra Mir: "Olympic Scrap-Scroll (Gold)" (scrapbook pages)
• Claude Pélieu: "Untitled" (scrapbook pages)
• Richard Prince: "Tear Sheets" (scrapbook pages)
• Gerhard Richter: "Atlas" (scrapbook sheets)
• Carolee Schneemann: "Life Book Collage-Photo Diary" (scrapbook pages)
• Jean-Michel Wicker: 
• Novolino" (scrapbook pages)
• "St. Trop' Studies" (scrapbook pages)
• Richard Hawkins: "Glue and Cum" (essay)
• "Artists' Scrapbooks Annotated" (biographies and details on the scrapbooks)

External Links: 

• andrewroth.com: "Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks"
• anothermag.com: "Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks"
• Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA): "Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks"
• Aleksandra Mir: "Paperwork: Brief History of Artists' Scrapbooks"
• we-heart.com: "Scrapbook Secrets"