Beautiful Dreamer / Elena Presser., 1983
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Scope and Contents
Presser writes that this work is her "very personal expression of a mask...There is an emphasis on the eye, the mouth and the ears because those are the organs that I use to communicate within myself and with the external world... The back of [the mouth] carries all the threads that are attached to the alphabet and the numbers. Those strings are like marionettes pulling the letters that form the words that allow us to communicate." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1983
Creator
- Presser, Elena (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 sculpture (paper, pastel, graphite, silk thread, cloth, nails, gold leaf, ink, handwriting, rubberstamped)) in box (plexiglas)) ; sculpture 24 x 22 x 21 cm, in box 33 x 34 x 30 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
closet 1904 Presser works
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Miami, Florida : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: Argentine-American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
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