Richard Tuttle, Williams, Tennessee

One-of-a-kind rebinding of Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.

• Tennessee Williams (American).
• Richard Tuttle (American).
• Illustrated by Al Hirschfeld (American).
• New York: The Limited Edition Club, 1982.
• Included with the book is a signed artist statement by Richard Tuttle on the making of A Streetcar Named Desire.
• Rebound by Tuttle in 2013 in deerskin over boards with wood and brass railroad tracks, as well as plastic-coated playing cards and signs on the front and back cover. 

Tuttle creates one-of-a-kind works of art that merge the written word with fine leather, paper, paint, wood and veneer. These original book bindings have been featured in a PBS documentary on the Chicago Art beat. Tuttle describes his work as follows: “I make literary artifacts. They are designed to pull books down off the shelf and display them in the salon, gallery or home [...] I seek to find a perspective that shouts out a piece of the essence of the literary work. I try to put myself in the author's or character's mind to say something about the time it was written in; the attitude that is explored and expressed; the magic that makes it a work of art.”