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Projected Buildings 50 m. High / Chopin, Henri., 1990

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Identifier: CC-17403-17768

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Scope and Contents

This work was commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The typed phrases repetitively utilized by Chopin in linear and Moire arrangements, reading from top to bottom include No Smoking, Breath Of Life, Poisonous Danger, Poison, and Yes. The impossibility of constructing a building with sound engineering principles designed in this image may reflect Chopin's frustrations with the smoking public. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 scroll (paper, typed, typed colored) in 2 handles (wood)) ; 181 x 31 cm, in handles 2 x 40 x 1 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

scroll cabinet

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: Paris, France : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: H Chopin (b.c.). Nationality of creator: French. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

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

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