Title
Fab Book.
Coverage
John Coventry (b. 1943)
Date
ca. 1971 – ca. 1975
Subject
Manuscript album bound in marbled cloth, containing photographs, typescript, drawings, and paintings
Description
John Coventry, active 1971–present, produced marbled papers and textiles in San Francisco and Berkeley, California in the 1970s, and sold them on Telegraph Avenue and at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. In true hippie fashion, he constructed his marbling tank from the inverted roof of a Volkswagen bus. The Fab Book documents Coventry’s philosophy of and experiments with marbling, including his thoughts about its connection to natural phenomenon.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Coventry