Bon bon mots : A fine assortment of books

Creator

Chen, Julie

Date

• 1998

Publisher

Berkeley, California: Flying Fish Press

Summary

• COLOPHON: "Bon Bon Mots was designed, written, and produced by Julie Chen. It was Letterpress printed in an edition of 100 copies. This is number 52/100. Copyright by Julie Chen 1998."
• Signed by the artist.
• Inside a container resembling a candy box reside 2 accordion folded minature books, 1 folded octagonal object with text and an miniature game with a see-though top. All of the books/objects are designed to resemble pieces of candy. The underside lid of the larger container has a schematic diagram with the titles of each piece and a dotted outline in the shape of the object to indicate its place within the compartments. The titles of the individual books/objects are: Either/Or, Social Graces, Life Cycle, Elegy, and Labyrinth.