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Basen - Mobil / Karel Trinkewitz., 1965

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Identifier: CC-34809-36517

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Scope and Contents

The components of this work consist of horizonally placed black, white, and yellow words and fragments of words printed in capital letters of varied font sizes. The collaged tube extends from the collaged wooden base by means of a collaged nail and heavy plastic filament. The verso contains two labels from a gallery exhibition is Bratislava on 1969. Also, the following handwritten by Trinkewitz: Exposition 1966 Prague (with Jiri Kolar) Galerie Spalova and Exposition Prague Galeria Na Karlove Namesti. Also, a magazine cover onto which Trinkewitz has written "My daughter Barbara." is collaged on the verso. A photographic reproduction appears in Trinkewitz's exhibition catalogue, Zivot Je Kolaz / Das Leben ist eine Collage, 1999. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 sculpture (collage, paper, wooden board, cardboard tube, nail, plastic wire)) ; board 126 x 29 x 3 cm + tube 97 x 10 cm + nail 8 cm + plastic wire 18 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

hallway stairwell

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: Prague, Czechoslovakia : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: Czechoslovakian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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