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Was, Elizabeth, 1956-2004

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956-05-29 - 2004-02-28

Nationality

American

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

The Flat Chin / Was, Elizabeth (aka Was, Liz)., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-00494-506
Scope and Contents

Using made-up words like nasolabialis and embouture, the artist has placed them on a wooden support that seems to resemble a tongue. The vertical text reads in part "All roads lead to the flat chin/all roads leave from the flat chin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

The Wakests / Was, Elizabeth; And M., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-37930-39810
Scope and Contents

The first five cards provide documentation of this project that deal with line drawings of "Wakest" creatures on the recto with a two word caption on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music / Miekal And; Elizabeth Was., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-49190-70231
Scope and Contents

The cover art was done by Jake Berry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Trilobite / And, Miekal ; Was, Elizabeth., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-25704-26164
Scope and Contents

The bookbinding and the handcolored additions makes this work unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Understanding The Product] / Was, Elizabeth., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-00364-372
Scope and Contents

The lungs in this neo-dada conception are depicted as a missile. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Veil / Bernstein, Charles ; Was E., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-21416-21827
Scope and Contents

This book was designed by Elizabeth Was. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Voyage 1984 Greta Garbo Box, 1984

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-26153-26616
Scope and Contents

Images include Greta Garbo and others from the Art World. This also appears in a trade edition which is held by the Sackner Archive. The box and handcoloring make this edition unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Wakest Aims? Kind Law & Zeal / Was, Elizabeth ; And, Miekal ; Helsem, Michael., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-30670-32112
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Was uses her abbreviated name "Liz Was" in this book. The authors describe this book as a "composite assembling of styles of visual information...contrasting the hand-drawn with the computer-generated, the cave painting with the graffiti. Language has been twisted to form palindromes & anagrams. Photos have materialized out of nowhere to be assigned neologisms. Glyphs have been etched into paper & slogans have been coined." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Weed-Green / Allen, Swoh ; Vandenburgh, A.W. ; Was E., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-26326-26793
Scope and Contents

Edited and designed by Liz Was, text by Swoh Allen, and drawings by A.W.Vandenburgh. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985