This artist book started when I discovered that I could purchase pre-cancelled inverted Liberty Stamps. "Pre-cancelled inverted liberties" seemed the perfect metaphor for the political climate of 2020.
Sarah Stengle
Liberty Inverted, 2020
Six-page accordion book with pre-cancelled Liberty Stamps, and additional text designed to look like postal cancellations reading “Liberty Inverted” and “OOB/Deceased” on handmade paper with a very large rose and rosebud watermark running throughout. Cloth-covered book board covers with, inverted liberty Stamps printed with title. Hand-marbled endpapers. 7” H x 4.5” Six pages. Edition of 8.