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Beautiful Dreamer / Elena Presser., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-04820-4913

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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

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.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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