The Color-Word Value Index

A reference volume and playful devotional object based on the author’s research into color theory informed by psychology, mysticism, and early modernism. The Color-Word Value Index has 44 word pairings; 10 colors; 5 suits; and values of positive, negative, and neutral. The book follows a relativist ideology that calls for reversals such as backward writing, mirroring, and the kind of doubling and flipping that is represented in the book’s structure and imagery. With references to decor and architectural spaces such as a library and cinema, the book functions as a mini-exhibition space and reflects Thompson’s interest in the early modernist Gesamtkunstwerk.


Book Price: $800
Shipping: $75 (S/H + insurance)
Total: $875.00

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Vassar College, University of Michigan, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale University, New York Public Library, University of Delaware, Bucknell University, Ringling School of Art & Design, Ohio University, Scripps College, Bainbridge Island Museum of Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago SAIC Library, Bowdoin College, Maryland Institute College of Art, Ringling School of Art, Wesleyan Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Harvard University, Savanah College of Art & Design, George Mason University, Library of Congress, University of Missouri Columbia, Indiana University Bloomington, Rochester Institute of Technology

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