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Body Archaeology from The Anatomy Lesson / Cutler-Shaw, Joyce., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28177-29340

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Scope and Contents

The poster is folded into 12 sections each of which contains a black and white photograph of Cutler-Shaw' head with her face covered with black and white reproductions of famous medical paintings or specimens. The composition of this work is reminiscent of Wallace Berman's Radio Ether series in which a hand holding a portable, transistor radio is collaged with varied images placed onto its face. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 folded poster) ; 60 x 73 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cutler-Shaw, 1996.

General

Published: La Jolla, California : Joyce Cutler-Shaw. Signed by: Joyce Cutler-Shaw (l.r.). Inscription: to Ruth & Marvin - thinking of you. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Genre / Form

Repository Details

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

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