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Joyce Tenneson and Claire Millikin. GOLD TREES. 2024. 44 pages. 11 x 9 in. Garamond on Rives BFK 280 gsm, with photography by Joyce Tenneson, 16 mounted images and an additional photo printed on aluminum and housed in the clamshell box. Printed on letterpress. 30 copies: 25 in quarterbound leather and Japanese gold metallic paper, bound by Amy Borezo/Shelter Bookworks. Price: $5000. Joyce Tenneson has bathed this series in gold, harkening back to sacred icons and alchemy. The letterpress ink color is gold as are elements of the binding. The book is quite literally luminous in subject and design in celebration of her Golden Jubilee. Claire Millikin’s words accompany the images.