Skip to main content

The Bill of Rights: The Ninth Amendment, 2000

 Item — Box: 146
Identifier: CC-34875-36585

Scope and Contents

Minsky's contribution to this trade edition book is the bookbinding and end papers that deal with the tragic death of Princess Diana. The amendment deals with the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people: The Right to Privacy. Minsky notes that we all assume we have a right to privacy, but every day that right seems to diminish. From our personal data on the internet to telemarketing at dinnertime, we are barraged. And that's just the tip of it. This book identifies many serious legal issues surrounding privacy considerations. When people become public figures the violation of privacy becomes extreme. Occasionally those of us not in the public eye are reminded just how dangerous and invasive the thirst for vicarious living can be. The binding is an inkjet print on canvas of Princess Diana, with tabloid headlines on the back cover and endpapers with photos of her wrecked car. It comes in a velour lined black cloth box with the text of the ninth amendment printed on a Fabriano Roma label.According to an interview of Richard Minsky by Bob Andelman on http://vimeo.com/36516102, only nine copies of this book object were produced even though 25 copies were planned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 hard cover book (405 pages) in artist bookbinding (museum board, leather covered, color photographs) + clam shell box (museum board, cloth covered, collaged, paper) ; 24.1 x 16.3 x 3.4 cm (book) + 26.2 x 18.5 x 5.6 cm (box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

top flat files

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf; Richard Minsky. Signed by: Richard Minsky (c.- inside back cover). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: 9 copies of 25 total copies. About 1 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Source

Genre / Form

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

Contact:
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921