Beautiful books by Freya Diamond

Check out these Flag Books by Freya Diamond. I love the way she's incorporated the figures within the accordion, and how she's incorporated the use of the artists work. so so so good.


Emily Carr, A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2010. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure.


Georgia O'Keeffe
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2009. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Marbled paper exterior with ribbon closure.
Freya Diamond: "I've dressed Georgia in her own artwork."


Frida Kahlo
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2003. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Paper title label.



Matisse Odalisques
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2007. Open edition.
4 x 5.75"; five leaves. Carousel structure with five openings, each three-layered. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Diamond uses works like Odalisque with Magnolias and Odalisque sur fond rouge to form a theater in the round.
On the subject of odalisques Matisse with characteristic honesty said: "I do odalisques in order to do nudes."