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"These works are a paradox to paint, as once the books are an image on canvas they are shut forever and can never be read," Reichelt writes. "In a painting they serve a very different purpose from their intended function—they are purely objects like any others, that have histories and narratives of their own, quite separate from the text inside them. Yet we are still drawn to that text and narrative as represented by the painting and underscored by the book jacket illustrations, titles and authors' names."