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The Daily Heller: Barbara Nessim’s Little Red Books
A pioneer of conceptual editorial illustration, in the 1960s
Barbara Nessim fought against gender inequity without even knowing she was doing so.
This year, Nessim was inducted into the Society of Illustrators
Hall of Fame. It is hard to think of a more worthy laureate. Coinciding with this honor, Nessim released a 10-copy limited-edition collection of archival red books from her 1975
Sketchbook project. Each of the 10 red books (pages of which are shown here) is signed and numbered and contains an original drawing. The original drawings in the books for sale were hand drawn with red archival ink and produced in 2019”. Each current volume sellsfor $500 (+shipping and handling).