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Detricato a Pasiphae / Mennitti-Paraito, Emanuele., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-06174-6288

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Scope and Contents

The overall image depicts the artist's interpretation of a character cited in Dante's Purgatory. Pasiphae was the queen of Crete and Minosse's wife. She had a son who was the monster Minotaur, half man and half bull. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 assemblage (lower box, metal, rope, wire, cloth, gold leaf, graphite) + collage (upper lid, painting, wood, perforated, graphite, cardboard) in box (painted, metal, sand)) ; 41 x 41 x 4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf balcony p

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: Florence, Italy : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Em. Paraito 1990 (c.- bottom box). Nationality of creator: Italian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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