Set of 4 Gilt and plastered books. All made of different books, and different world encyclopedias. Comes with artist CV and Biography paperworkEach book has different motifs of black sheep stamps and black spirals, two with white painted vases on pages.Each book varies in thickness, ranging from 1 inch and 2 inches.All are approximately 10 x 14 inches. Pages are not meant to be turned & Fragile.Patricia Bellam-Gillen Wall sculpture, Wall sculpture, book sculptures, mixed media art, wall art, art, gilt art, printmaking art, American artist, avate Garde, book art. 12 Front StairsPaperwork in Black BinPatricia Bellan-Gillen lives and works in rural Western Pensylvania. She recently retired from Carnegie Mellon University after 29 years as a professor in the School of Art where she held the Dorothy L. Stubnitz Endowed Chair in Art. The university honored her with the Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching in 2000. Bellan-Gillen’s paintings, prints and drawings have been the focus of over 50 solo exhibitions including venues in Washington DC, Nashville, TN, Las Cruces, NM, Albany, NY, Bloomington, IL Portland, OR, Grand Rapids, MI, Wellington, NZ and Wimbledon/London, UK. Her work has been included in numerous group shows in museums, commercial galleries, university galleries, and alternative spaces. Venues have included: Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, Chelsea Museum of Art, New York, NY, The Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL, Frans Masreel Centrum, Belgium, University Art Museum, Laramie, WY, Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, WA and the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan.