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El libro loco

Panama City, Panama: Ediciones Pelo Malo Cartonera

Found cardboard recycled as book cover boards. Variable edition with unique hand embellishment. Book is shaped as a heptagon, with an ear on the right side. Title and author printed on small scrap of paper glued to cover. Borders are painted in black. Back cover has painted images resembling eyes.

Author: Chau, Lucy Cristina
Conceptor: Velásques Chau, Andrés
Book designer: Noriega, Martanoemí
Date: 2013
Publisher: Panama City, Panama: Ediciones Pelo Malo Cartonera
Language: Spanish; Castilian
Collections: The Arts Collection; Latin American Cartonera Publishers Collection
Description of Original: Height: 19 cm.; Width: 25 cm.; Depth: 3 cm.
Subjects: Small presses — Panama — Specimens; Pelo Malo Cartonera; Artists' books — Panama — Specimens; Publishing — Panama — Independent publishing houses; Corrugated board bindings (Binding); Panama — Children's literature — Fiction — 21st century; Technique — Cardboard reliefs; Technique — Freehand painting; Technique — Collages; Editoriales cartoneras; Panama
Original: Catalog Record
Location of Original: University of Wisconsin—Madison. Libraries. Department of Special Collections : CA 16662w no. 1
For Staff: METS